Today, Crunchy is back running Fedora Rawhide. What I did beyond installing development tools was dnf groupinstall "Basic Desktop" --with-optional, plus dnf install switchdesk switchdesk-gui fvwm icewm. FVWM and ICEWM are super antique these days, but not as antique as the old X11 default, TWM.

TWM was referenced in /etc/X11/xinit.xinitrc

    # Failsafe settings.  Although we should never get here
    # (we provide fallbacks in Xclients as well) it can't hurt.
    [ -x /usr/bin/xsetroot ] && /usr/bin/xsetroot -solid '#222E45'
    [ -x /usr/bin/xclock ] && /usr/bin/xclock -geometry 100x100-5+5 &
    [ -x /usr/bin/xterm ] && xterm -geometry 80x50-50+150 &
    [ -x /usr/bin/twm ] && /usr/bin/twm

But the twm binary was not found! There didn't seem to be a package for twm either!

root@crunchy:/etc/X11/xinit# ls /usr/bin/twm
ls: cannot access '/usr/bin/twm': No such file or directory
root@crunchy:/etc/X11/xinit# dnf info twm
Last metadata expiration check: 2:07:15 ago on Tue 19 Dec 2023 11:34:51 PM UTC.
Error: No matching Packages to list
root@crunchy:/etc/X11/xinit# 

And why isn't xeyes in the failsafe defaults!? 👀 At least xeyes has a package!!! 🤩

root@crunchy:/etc/X11/xinit# dnf info xeyes
Last metadata expiration check: 2:13:30 ago on Tue 19 Dec 2023 11:34:51 PM UTC.
Available Packages
Name         : xeyes
Version      : 1.3.0
Release      : 2.fc40
Architecture : x86_64
Size         : 23 k
Source       : xeyes-1.3.0-2.fc40.src.rpm
Repository   : rawhide
Summary      : A follow the mouse X demo
URL          : https://www.x.org
License      : X11
Description  : xeyes displays a pair of eyes that follow the mouse cursor.

root@crunchy:/etc/X11/xinit# 

Probably I will install xeyes and compile and install twm. Then play with xeyes for a moment, and then just go back to ssh terminal.

Oh yeah, I want to try Spice. Is there a better way than Spice to get cut and paste in a remote terminal? What else should I try besides Spice?

Well, there is all that stuff about Wayland is the way forward and no more X11 really soon. For me, as an old guy, I enjoyed a super great day today playing with ancient X11! Thanks to Crunchbits for Crunchy!

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