Nina KalininaSep 26, 2025
What do we have here? NEC PC-9821 laptop (non-PC compatible from Japan that can run Windows and a special MS-DOS version), running a rare variety of Linux called Plamo Linux/98. Linux 2.4.22, XFree86 4.3, and some Slackware compatibility. More screenshots - but from the screencapture device - will follow 🧵
Show threadSinnamon (despicable arc 😈)Sep 26, 2025
@nina_kali_nina Does it come with the desktop pager (usually from Windows Resource Kit) included by default? ​​

Ah, no, it's a Linux desktop environment. I almost bit! ​​
Show threadNina KalininaSep 26, 2025
@cinnamon was there one for Windows 95? :) I don't think so...
Show threadSinnamon (despicable arc 😈)
@nina_kali_nina I only ever saw the Windows NT 4.0 one. But it wouldn't have been surprising if they had used the same WIN32 tricks (whatever they were) to "emulate" multiple desktops in Win95, tbh.

After all (famous last words) multiple desktops are just "hide this bunch of windows that don't belong to the currently active desktop".
Sep 26, 2025 at 6:15pmWeb
Show threadNina KalininaSep 26, 2025
@cinnamon my ex-boss bragged to me they made a commercial tool for it for Windows 9x back in 1995 or so... So the idea is definitely not new.
Show threadJernej Simončič �Sep 26, 2025
@cinnamon @nina_kali_nina I used VirtuaWin for virtual desktops back in the day.
VirtuaWin | Virtual Desktops for the Windows Operating System