Khurram Wadee ✅ · @mkwadee
1125 followers · 11162 posts · Server mastodon.org.ukI have found #birdtray to be a useful utility to show the status or #Thunderbird in my #KDE desktop. However, since version 102 of the #e-mail client, it stopped showing how many unread messages there were. I saw a discussion about it on the #Github site and there’s an #update which fixes that little #bug. So, I downloaded the #source and it works again after #compilation and #installation.
#birdtray #thunderbird #kde #e #github #update #bug #source #compilation #installation #gnu #linux #xclient #XWindowSystem
Marko Jahnke · @markojahnke
66 followers · 227 posts · Server bonn.social
It is well known that #MacOSX is based on #BSD under the hood.
But I was completely unaware that #Apple in 1988 already had a Unix OS named "A/UX" for their M68k platform. It was installable from and was integrated w/ MacOS 7.
A/UX was not only able to run the #XWindowSystem, but also the classic Apple finder GUI and MacOS applications.
#macosx #bsd #apple #XWindowSystem #vintagecomputing #unix
Marko Jahnke · @markojahnke
66 followers · 227 posts · Server bonn.social
#Programming graphical applications for the #XWindowSystem under #SunOS, #Solaris (and #Linux, later) was a real pain in the a**, even when using the #XToolkit or even #XView.
Fortunately, I saved some literature from the trashbin to remind me of that ;-)
#programming #XWindowSystem #sunos #solaris #linux #XToolkit #XView
FOSSlife · @FOSSlife
864 followers · 1026 posts · Server mastodon.fosslife.org
Andy Oram explains how the X Window System shaped the modern Linux desktop https://buff.ly/3iKr32k #OpenSource #XWindowSystem #GUI #history #Linux #Unix #desktop #FOSS
#foss #desktop #Unix #Linux #history #gui #XWindowSystem #opensource
Khurram Wadee ✅ · @mkwadee
1035 followers · 10918 posts · Server mastodon.org.ukMy #laptop works very well these days with external #monitors and #projectos via #HDMI but also #VGA connections. Is it possible to connect it to a #tablet so that I could do some freehand annotation of #PDF documents, for example? #KDE just makes the new #screen a virtual extension of the laptop’s own monitor.
#laptop #monitors #projectos #hdmi #vga #tablet #pdf #kde #screen #fedora #gnu #linux #XWindowSystem