The X Windows System starting up with the seminal stipple on the root window and the X_cursor on the pointer.
Oh, the days of /etc/X11/XF86Config frustration (:
Nevertheless, a good tribute to the X Window System, the successor of the W Window System on V Operating System (not to be confused with System V), that turned 40 in June 2024 is [Wayback/Archive] Iconography of the X Window System: The Boot Stipple | matttproud.com (blog).
Via [Wayback/Archive] mtp: “To celebrate the X Window Syst…” – proud.social (image on the right of that post):
To celebrate the X Window System’s 40th birthday, I did a deep dive on something about it: the iconography of its boot-up stipple (that gray pattern you first see as the X Server starts up):
https://matttproud.com/blog/posts/x-window-system-boot-stipple.html
Did you know the stipple has a name, age, and cultural significance to the ecosystem? I’ll share my personal history with it. What’s yours?
(Later forks replaced XF86Config with xorg.conf).
--jeroen
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