diff --git a/files/x11/.Xresources b/files/x11/.Xresources
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+! terminal colors ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+! tangoesque scheme
+*background: #111111
+*foreground: #babdb6
+! Black (not tango) + DarkGrey
+*color0:  #000000
+*color8:  #555753
+! DarkRed + Red
+*color1:  #ff6565
+*color9:  #ff8d8d
+! DarkGreen + Green
+*color2:  #93d44f
+*color10: #c8e7a8
+! DarkYellow + Yellow
+*color3:  #eab93d
+*color11: #ffc123
+! DarkBlue + Blue
+*color4:  #204a87
+*color12: #3465a4
+! DarkMagenta + Magenta
+
+*color5:  #ce5c00
+*color13: #f57900
+!DarkCyan + Cyan (both not tango)
+*color6:  #89b6e2
+*color14: #46a4ff
+! LightGrey + White
+*color7:  #cccccc
+*color15: #ffffff
+
+! Xcursor --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Xcursor.theme: Vanilla-DMZ-AA
+Xcursor.size:  22
+
+! xterm ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+xterm*VT100.geometry:     80x25
+xterm*faceName: SourceCodePro:size=10:antialias=false
+xterm*font: 7x13
+xterm*dynamicColors:      true
+xterm*utf8:               2
+xterm*eightBitInput:      true
+xterm*saveLines:          512
+xterm*scrollKey:          true
+xterm*scrollTtyOutput:    false
+xterm*scrollBar:          true
+xterm*rightScrollBar:     true
+xterm*jumpScroll:         true
+xterm*multiScroll:        true
+xterm*toolBar:            false
+
+
+Xft.dpi:        96
+Xft.antialias:  true
+Xft.rgba:       rgb
+Xft.hinting:    true
+Xft.hintstyle:  hintslight
+
+URxvt.font: xft:Source Code Pro Light:pixelsize=14,style=Lighturxvt
+Urxvt.letterSpace: -2
diff --git a/files/x11/.xinitrc b/files/x11/.xinitrc
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
+usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
+sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources
+sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
+
+# merge in defaults and keymaps
+
+if [ -f $sysresources ]; then
+	xrdb -merge $sysresources
+fi
+
+if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
+    xmodmap $sysmodmap
+fi
+
+if [ -f "$userresources" ]; then
+	xrdb -merge "$userresources"
+fi
+
+if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then
+    xmodmap "$usermodmap"
+fi
+
+# start some nice programs
+
+if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ] ; then
+ for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/?*.sh ; do
+  [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
+ done
+ unset f
+fi
+
+#twm &
+#xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
+#xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
+#xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
+#exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login
+exec i3