As a youngster, the first time I managed to get Slackware installed via floppies, I was having a great time chatting with ircII and browsing with lynx. Someone

As a youngster, the first time I managed to get Slackware installed via floppies, I was having a great time chatting with ircII and browsing with lynx. Someone on IRC told me I needed X Windows and I was like, that sounds cool, so I learned as much as I could to try to get a working config with my video card. Many hours later I got startx to take over the screen and now I'm staring at the stipple and X cursor. It looked broken, and I assumed it was broken, so I gave up. It took me a long time to get the concept of window managers, but eventually I understood and realized that I had actually gotten X working that time years ago. Gosh.