[opensuse-factory] A taste of classic UNIX desktop on your Tumbleweed
Hello! Do you want to get a taste of the classic/traditional UNIX desktop environment on your bleeding-edge Tumbleweed distribution? CDE (Common Desktop Environment) was jointly developed by HP, IBM, SUN, and others. It was the iconic desktop for various UNIX workstations. Although CDE used to be proprietary software, its source code has recently released under LGPL, and the code base is now actively maintained by the open source community. Here is the RPM package, however it doesn't come with any warranty: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:guohouzuo/cde To run CDE: - Enable and start "rpcbind" service - a mandatory requirement for CDE. - Use LightDM as display manager - other DM may work but they are not tested. - Enter user credentials and choose "CDE" desktop in the dropdown list. More on the history oc CDE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Desktop_Environment Screenshot: http://susepaste.org/73324945 Have a nice long weekend ahead. Kind regards, Howard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
On 05/13/2016 02:47 PM, Howard Guo wrote:
Do you want to get a taste of the classic/traditional UNIX desktop environment on your bleeding-edge Tumbleweed distribution?
CDE (Common Desktop Environment) was jointly developed by HP, IBM, SUN, and others. It was the iconic desktop for various UNIX workstations.
Although CDE used to be proprietary software, its source code has recently released under LGPL, and the code base is now actively maintained by the open source community.
Here is the RPM package, however it doesn't come with any warranty: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:guohouzuo/cde
To run CDE: - Enable and start "rpcbind" service - a mandatory requirement for CDE. - Use LightDM as display manager - other DM may work but they are not tested. - Enter user credentials and choose "CDE" desktop in the dropdown list.
More on the history oc CDE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Desktop_Environment Screenshot: http://susepaste.org/73324945
wow, I didn't see such a screen since 2003. Is that coming with the 'dtksh' shell, too? Thanks & have a nice day, Berny -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
Bernhard Voelker wrote:
On 05/13/2016 02:47 PM, Howard Guo wrote:
Do you want to get a taste of the classic/traditional UNIX desktop environment on your bleeding-edge Tumbleweed distribution?
CDE (Common Desktop Environment) was jointly developed by HP, IBM, SUN, and others. It was the iconic desktop for various UNIX workstations.
Although CDE used to be proprietary software, its source code has recently released under LGPL, and the code base is now actively maintained by the open source community.
Here is the RPM package, however it doesn't come with any warranty: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:guohouzuo/cde
To run CDE: - Enable and start "rpcbind" service - a mandatory requirement for CDE. - Use LightDM as display manager - other DM may work but they are not tested. - Enter user credentials and choose "CDE" desktop in the dropdown list.
More on the history oc CDE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Desktop_Environment Screenshot: http://susepaste.org/73324945
wow, I didn't see such a screen since 2003.
1997 for me. On HP-UX. Unadulterated nostalgia :-) -- Per Jessen, Zürich (12.8°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free dynamic DNS, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
1999 on Solaris. That brings back some memories...like replacing it with KDE 1! -- Later, Darin On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 12:12 PM, Per Jessen <per@computer.org> wrote:
Bernhard Voelker wrote:
On 05/13/2016 02:47 PM, Howard Guo wrote:
Do you want to get a taste of the classic/traditional UNIX desktop environment on your bleeding-edge Tumbleweed distribution?
CDE (Common Desktop Environment) was jointly developed by HP, IBM, SUN, and others. It was the iconic desktop for various UNIX workstations.
Although CDE used to be proprietary software, its source code has recently released under LGPL, and the code base is now actively maintained by the open source community.
Here is the RPM package, however it doesn't come with any warranty: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:guohouzuo/cde
To run CDE: - Enable and start "rpcbind" service - a mandatory requirement for CDE. - Use LightDM as display manager - other DM may work but they are not tested. - Enter user credentials and choose "CDE" desktop in the dropdown list.
More on the history oc CDE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Desktop_Environment Screenshot: http://susepaste.org/73324945
wow, I didn't see such a screen since 2003.
1997 for me. On HP-UX. Unadulterated nostalgia :-)
-- Per Jessen, Zürich (12.8°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free dynamic DNS, made in Switzerland.
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13.05.2016 19:12, Per Jessen пишет:
Bernhard Voelker wrote:
On 05/13/2016 02:47 PM, Howard Guo wrote:
Do you want to get a taste of the classic/traditional UNIX desktop environment on your bleeding-edge Tumbleweed distribution?
CDE (Common Desktop Environment) was jointly developed by HP, IBM, SUN, and others. It was the iconic desktop for various UNIX workstations.
Although CDE used to be proprietary software, its source code has recently released under LGPL, and the code base is now actively maintained by the open source community.
Here is the RPM package, however it doesn't come with any warranty: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:guohouzuo/cde
To run CDE: - Enable and start "rpcbind" service - a mandatory requirement for CDE. - Use LightDM as display manager - other DM may work but they are not tested. - Enter user credentials and choose "CDE" desktop in the dropdown list.
More on the history oc CDE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Desktop_Environment Screenshot: http://susepaste.org/73324945
wow, I didn't see such a screen since 2003.
1997 for me. On HP-UX. Unadulterated nostalgia :-)
Yes, around this time (may be a bit earlier). On BW X-Terminal from Tandberg; I was exceedingly happy to get hold of 4 bit version (16 levels of gray - it made so impressive difference); and using Mosaic as Web browser ... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
Morning Bernhard. Affirmative, dtksh is bundled. Kind regards, Howard On Fri, 13 May 2016, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
On 05/13/2016 02:47 PM, Howard Guo wrote:
Do you want to get a taste of the classic/traditional UNIX desktop environment on your bleeding-edge Tumbleweed distribution?
CDE (Common Desktop Environment) was jointly developed by HP, IBM, SUN, and others. It was the iconic desktop for various UNIX workstations.
Although CDE used to be proprietary software, its source code has recently released under LGPL, and the code base is now actively maintained by the open source community.
Here is the RPM package, however it doesn't come with any warranty: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:guohouzuo/cde
To run CDE: - Enable and start "rpcbind" service - a mandatory requirement for CDE. - Use LightDM as display manager - other DM may work but they are not tested. - Enter user credentials and choose "CDE" desktop in the dropdown list.
More on the history oc CDE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Desktop_Environment Screenshot: http://susepaste.org/73324945
wow, I didn't see such a screen since 2003. Is that coming with the 'dtksh' shell, too?
Thanks & have a nice day, Berny
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Andrei Borzenkov -
Bernhard Voelker -
Darin Perusich -
Howard Guo -
Per Jessen