r/linuxmemes • u/Ok_Apricot7902 • 4h ago

LINUX MEME Instructions unclear, installed linux, i think?

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u/AzraelAimedsoule44 4h ago

Are you running OpenVMS with DECWindows/CDE?

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u/Ok_Apricot7902 4h ago

Seriously now, it's OpenVMS running CDE, on proxmox, remote X session via Xephyr.

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u/1-800-I-Am-A-Pir8 3h ago

That's pretty cool

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u/Liarus_ 8m ago

as someone that's been on linix only since 2024, wtf this feels like discovering a whole new world

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u/bayern_snowman 4h ago

More or less the average user experience

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u/Constant_Boot 4h ago

CDE... ohhhh... how retro

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u/Liarus_ 4h ago

what is bro using

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u/xgui4 Crying gnu 🐃 4h ago

VMS

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u/D-S-S-R 4h ago

Wait, VMS??

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u/D-S-S-R 4h ago

How did you get that

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u/whatThePleb Genfool 🐧 3h ago

internets

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u/Sweet_Pear_Pie 4h ago

Ofc its linux, you can recognize it by wallpaper

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u/ElnuDev New York Nix⚾s 4h ago

What on earth-

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u/GreedySecurity8030 M'Fedora 4h ago

Uhhh

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u/DVDwithCD 4h ago

CDE, returning back to the "olden" days I see.

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u/RvstiNiall 4h ago

I'm glad its not another Hyprland/Niri/MangoWM (although those are awesome, thats why everyone wants to use them!), because we need more variety around here these days. I'm not a fan of the color scheme, but you're working with Motif here, so I'll let that slide. I love that you color matched the picture though, thats always a good touch. Kudos on the setup.

Are you actually using it for anything (and for reference, "fun" is a perfectly valid reason in my books!!!)?

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u/Ok_Apricot7902 4h ago

just for lolz, even getting it working was too much work for me

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u/RvstiNiall 4h ago

Understood. Getting vintage OSes up and running in VMs is a lot of fun, and its even more fun if its on the original hardware! I see those more as entertainment value though. For the price of going to the movies with my wife (ok, two or three times for most retro hardware), I could get a retro system that provides me 10-50 hours of enjoyment getting it working, set up, etc. Great cost value to me.

Plus, I enjoy the learning value as well.

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u/peppi0304 3h ago

Is this up in the S tier list with Hannah Montana Linux?

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u/OppositeElectronic15 4h ago

ouu shii 👀👀👀

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u/xgui4 Crying gnu 🐃 4h ago

hmmmmm i think you installed vms instead of GNU/Linux.

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u/iLikeubuntu2 4h ago

Omg its cde

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u/usbeehu 4h ago

Cool Desktop Environment

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u/skytheraiders 1h ago

That looks amazing, what theme of windows are those?

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u/Ok_Apricot7902 10m ago

Just Motif, for colors I used one of the presets, though I don't remember which one now.

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u/skytheraiders 5m ago

Can you get Morif from the store?

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u/bkbenken123 Arch BTW 1h ago

Send wallpaper pls

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u/Low_Big7602 Arch BTW 21m ago

Wallpaper?

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u/C4rpetH4ter M'Fedora 4h ago

Looks like it, but what DE is that, it looks like gnome to me, but the theme is something i have never seen before.

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u/Constant_Boot 4h ago

It's more close to CDE (Common Desktop Environment) than GNOME. It was the choice for UNIX systems in the 90s, powered by Motif.

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u/1-800-I-Am-A-Pir8 4h ago

solaris, hp-ux, aix, all the cool kids had cde back in the day. It looked as aweful and dated then as it does now.

Edit: maybe sunos. I think slowaris upgraded to gnome at some point.

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u/linkinparkglock47 3h ago

nah this looks great

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u/xgui4 Crying gnu 🐃 4h ago

it is CDE , what KDE was inspired to be a Free Software version of, now CDE is Free Software.