john localhostMar 18
i find it kind of funny how a lot of people love to go back and explore old versions of windows, but barely anyone cares about trying out old linux distros
Show threadKirby
@mjdxp they're not that interesting tbh
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Show threadjohn localhostMar 18
@kirby i can't disagree with that, basically the only thing you can do with them is explore old desktop environments. there's basically no software you can install, actually installing it is a big hassle, and you'll get bored of it after like half an hour
Show threadKirbyMar 18
@mjdxp the tech stack the older distros have tends to be replicable in a modern setting.. because most of the old infrastructure is maintained by some willing.. or unfortunate.. soul on the planet somewhere.
Show threadxfox🦊Mar 18
@mjdxp @kirby Thats because open source is improving. But windows is constantly getting worse.
Show threadjohn localhostMar 18
@xfox360 @kirby in theory you shouldn't have to be nostalgic for an older version of your operating system, because the current version should be unambiguously and inarguably better than all previous versions in every way. i think linux has more or less achieved that in most people's eyes, while most can agree windows has been going downhill for a while now.
Show threadadzuki "toes" bean ch. 🇨🇳    Mar 18
@kirby @mjdxp its also just more generally appropriate to talk about desktop environment releases. you totally do get people revisiting gnome 2, unity and kde 3/4. consequently some of these have maintained forks (mate, trinity de and that one kid that tried reviving unity under the same name bc canonical doesnt give a shit)
Show threadjohn localhostMar 18
@coolbean @kirby i believe someone's actually working on a port of KDE 1 to modern linux. DEs are absolutely much more fascinating than distros and they always will be.
Show threadadzuki "toes" bean ch. 🇨🇳    Mar 18
@mjdxp @kirby through the power of just forking the fucking thing you get to use old quirky GUIs without tying yourself to an insecure dead operating system
Show threadadzuki "toes" bean ch. 🇨🇳    Mar 18
@mjdxp @kirby i... if i ever use a full DE i might use trinity de i looked it up to confirm the name and its quirky in just the best way
Show threadjohn localhostMar 18
@coolbean @kirby TDE is pretty cool, it's not quite my thing (because it's not xfce) but i certainly do appreciate it and i like playing with it occasionally
Show threadjohn localhostMar 18
@coolbean @kirby love using CDE on the newest version on linux for some reason
Show threadadzuki "toes" bean ch. 🇨🇳    Mar 18
@mjdxp @kirby motif 4ever my pekwm would have motif window decorations rn if notabug werent down
Show threadjohn localhostMar 18
@coolbean @kirby my xfce desktop has motif style window decorations, they are simply the best