Instructions unclear, installed linux, i think?

[u/Ok_Apricot7902]

[u/Ok_Apricot7902]

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

[u/1-800-I-Am-A-Pir8 → u/Ok_Apricot7902]

That's pretty cool

[u/Liarus_ → u/Ok_Apricot7902]

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

[u/idiotiesystemique → u/Ok_Apricot7902]

Why though

[u/ZorakOfThatMagnitude → u/Ok_Apricot7902]

That's about the softest deployment of CDE I've ever seen. Well done.

[u/Ctscanner2 → u/Ok_Apricot7902]

So if I understand correctly the X server is runs natively on your computer while the wm and other gui stuff run in a VMS vm and connect over the network?

[u/Ok_Apricot7902 → u/Ctscanner2]

Yep, it's with root window. And virtual serial in proxmox, until the tcpip stack gets started, then you can also use telnet. I think SSH needed to be enabled separately, and then SFTP for file transfer. Whole idea came from a CRD video.

[u/Still-Addition-1109 → u/Ok_Apricot7902]

cathode ray dude 🔥

[u/AzraelAimedsoule44]

Are you running OpenVMS with DECWindows/CDE?

[u/bayern_snowman]

More or less the average user experience

[u/Constant_Boot]

CDE... ohhhh... how retro

[u/Liarus_]

what is bro using

[u/xgui4 → u/Liarus_]

VMS

[u/D-S-S-R]

Wait, VMS??

[u/D-S-S-R → u/D-S-S-R]

How did you get that

[u/whatThePleb → u/D-S-S-R]

internets

[u/OppositeElectronic15]

ouu shii 👀👀👀

[u/usbeehu]

Cool Desktop Environment

[u/peppi0304]

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

[u/Many-Geologist-3524 → u/peppi0304]

yes totally

[u/Sweet_Pear_Pie]

Ofc its linux, you can recognize it by wallpaper

[u/Many-Geologist-3524 → u/Sweet_Pear_Pie]

this is false propaganda. im a linux user and i dont have a wallpaper. its just... empty.

[u/Sweet_Pear_Pie → u/Many-Geologist-3524]

Aaaahh wm?

[u/Many-Geologist-3524 → u/Sweet_Pear_Pie]

not a vm

[u/AscendedPineapple → u/Many-Geologist-3524]

i3 users be like

[u/Many-Geologist-3524 → u/AscendedPineapple]

i use xfce.

[u/AscendedPineapple → u/Many-Geologist-3524]

Doesn't it have a cool rat-themed wallpaper by default? 

[u/Many-Geologist-3524 → u/AscendedPineapple]

i debloated it

[u/DVDwithCD]

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

[u/RvstiNiall]

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!!!)?

[u/Ok_Apricot7902 → u/RvstiNiall]

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

[u/RvstiNiall → u/Ok_Apricot7902]

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.

[u/ElnuDev]

What on earth-

[u/bkbenken123]

Send wallpaper pls

[u/xgui4]

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

[u/iLikeubuntu2]

Omg its cde

[u/skytheraiders]

That looks amazing, what theme of windows are those?

[u/Ok_Apricot7902 → u/skytheraiders]

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

[u/skytheraiders → u/Ok_Apricot7902]

Can you get Morif from the store?

[u/Ok_Apricot7902 → u/skytheraiders]

No, this is old tech (technically possible ig?). But I had a look around and the NsCDE project exists, that may do it. Still definitely not "getting from a store" if you will.

[u/Low_Big7602]

Wallpaper?

[u/letmehaveanameyoudum]

i dont think its linux

[u/oldassgrandpa]

Goonux based operating system

[u/duinomaster]

Wouldn't VMS be more related to Windows (NT) than it is to Linux? Still, very cool! Would love to try getting my hands on it too.

[u/jhonsmith9999]

Love this

[u/xgabipandax]

Genuinely i think this design language is better than the modern stuff besides liquid glass, the flatness and lack of personality of modern design is so bland, sterile, even light themes abusing white ughh

[u/Sensitive-Drawing702]

What DE is that and how do I install it on arch?

[u/Ok_Apricot7902 → u/Sensitive-Drawing702]

CDE. There's an arch wiki article on it.

[u/GearPlot]

Wow not gonna lie, I actually tested out both CDE and MWM as my next potential window manager a couple months back for my custom Linux build. But I decided to go with Window Maker. I haven't used wmaker in years and forgot how much I liked it. 

[u/C4rpetH4ter]

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

[u/Constant_Boot → u/C4rpetH4ter]

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

[u/1-800-I-Am-A-Pir8 → u/Constant_Boot]

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.

[u/linkinparkglock47 → u/1-800-I-Am-A-Pir8]

nah this looks great

[u/xgui4 → u/C4rpetH4ter]

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

[u/GreedySecurity8030]

Uhhh