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Iconography of the X Window System: The Boot Stipple | matttproud.com (blog)

Sat, 31 May 2025 03:22:02 +0000

For the uninitiated, what are we looking at? Could it be the Moiré Error from Doom? Well, no. You are looking at (part of) the boot up screen for the X Window System, specifically the pattern it uses as the background of the root window. This pattern is technically called a stipple.

Tags: #history #linux #retro #unix #x11

xpra – Parti – Trac

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:44:06 +0000

Tags: #screen #utilities #x11

xdo - do (keyboard or mouse) things in X :: semicomplete.com - Jordan Sissel

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:40:39 +0000

"I spent some time coding today and I now have a tool that will let you execute raw keyboard and mouse input into X using the XTEST extension."

Tags: #linux #tools #utils #x11

SCWM, Pot and the GPL

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 04:44:14 +0000

"friggin compiling alien language implementations from France (OCaml) will break your widdle head when stoned"

Tags: #freebsd #funny #linux #pot #stoned #x11

MagicPoint is a presentation tool for X11

Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:11:48 +0000

(but, does it make you dumb like PowerPoint?)

Tags: #linux #powerpoint #x11