Using recycled bits, Francisco Neira (Megaflex) said:
% Hello,
% I had been using SCO and AIX in character mode for a few years at work. Now
% I am trying to get my _own_ Linux box working at home but I know nothing
% about X.
%
% I installed Metro Link's X bundled with Red Hat 5.0. When I launch the
% Xmetro everything I get is a gray desktop with an X-shaped mouse cursor.
% What should I do to invoke programs from here like xterm or the clock?
Did you run `startx' or `Xmetro'? `startx' is what you need.
Kurt
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... one of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking
zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs.
-- Robert Firth
