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> The early 00s were a fun time to be a Linux enthusiast. Only if you enjoyed configuring X11.

• michaelmrose 5y ago
  Nvidia which people love to hate has both a console command to generate your x config or a handy gui which lets you set options and then write the resulting config to a file of your choosing. This worked fine in 2003.
• Brian_K_White 5y ago
  "> The early 00s were a fun time being given all those gold bricks. Only you enjoyed lifting weights."
• na85 5y ago
  I ran friggin Gentoo of all distros and even then I didn't need to configure X beyond setting the caps lock key as ctrl.
• jdsully 5y ago
  The best part was the warnings about how you could damage your monitor.