From acbad1eaad73bce0b36459440eeacd668f824808 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Deven Blake Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2022 00:05:34 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] move X page to linux --- homepage/knowledge/linux.html | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/homepage/knowledge/linux.html b/homepage/knowledge/linux.html index b109a1e..abfd5b7 100644 --- a/homepage/knowledge/linux.html +++ b/homepage/knowledge/linux.html @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@

linux

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updated 2022-04-21

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updated 2022-04-23

Alpine

Resources

@@ -215,8 +215,17 @@ I use iwd(8) and iwctl(8). Some prefer NetworkManager and I believe that's the default on Debian. The Artix wiki suggests connman.

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wpa_supplicant

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+wpa_supplicant(1) is often used by insane people without any helper scripts. +I haven't had good luck with it but Alpine set it up automatically. +

X

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X is a graphical windowing system that can be used on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, and some proprietary operating systems as well. X is not the only windowing system; twin(1) exists for windowed multitasking within a framebuffer and Wayland is another windowing system intended to replace X. @@ -225,6 +234,21 @@ X is not the only windowing system; twin(1) exists for windowed mul Some Linux software distributions have included scripts to automatically fetch and install an X server. Alpine has setup-xorg-base, which adds the packages xorg-server, xf86-input-libinput, eudev, and mesa, and then enables the OpenRC services for udev.

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+startx(1) is provided as part of xinit. +

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+Arch has the xorg and xorg-apps package groups. +Documentation can be found within xorg-docs, +drivers within the xorg-drivers package group, +the server itself as xorg-server, +the X event monitor as xorg-xev, +xinit as xorg-xinit, +xinput as xorg-xinput, +XRandR as xorg-xrandr, +the X resource database manager as xorg-xrdb, +xset as xorg-xset, +and xsetroot as xorg-xsetroot. +