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I might move to tech.lgbt because I kinda want to check out some other instances, and it seems a bit more my cup of tea, I hope that's okay

NermNelly ✨Oct 17

:oppa: kittymaxxing :oppa:Oct 17

NermNelly ✨Oct 17

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Nina Kalinina Oct 17

If you follow me, you probably know that there's an open-source clone of Windows NewShell for 3.1 called Calmira. There's a version called Calmira XP, which looks really out of the place on 3.1. But my goal is to get the most unhinged, sick, abominable, overpowered and power-hungry Windows 3.1 install, so here we go.

NermNelly ✨Oct 17

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Nina Kalinina Oct 17

A bit of a technicality, but it makes a lot of sense in terms of UX: doslfn to add Long File Name support in Calmira, and IFA to add Long File Name support to the basic Windows applications.

And while we're at it, let's get some sort of a wallpaper. This one is 256 colours, because Paintbrush 3.x and Paint 95+ aren't really compatible, and the only way I can convert images to this old system (for now) is ImageMagick gif 256 colours -> pcx -> bmp