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Author here: I really should have checked about the availability of CDE. I I wrote the blog while I was fiddling around with Solaris and the strange way a lot
by smackeyacky 5y ago
Author here: I really should have checked about the availability of CDE. I I wrote the blog while I was fiddling around with Solaris and the strange way a lot of it came back to me was like dredging an old car out of a swamp. I got so involved in getting a compiler on there and trying out the tools that I forgot about the outside world for a while.
Coming back out of there to a Debian desktop is so much nicer, but boy is it fun to play in that little sandbox again. Sparc workstations were awesome and the emulator is a great way to revisit things.
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoOh yeah, archeology is a noble end unto itself:) I just would have felt bad if you didn't discover that most of these old toys can still be found in the modern world
- hulitu 5y agoThere are a lot of old toys which cannot be find in the modern world. Apollo Domain OS for example. Or DEC OSF/1. Or VMS.
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoI meant specifically the software from this particular article; Illumos and CDE are active open source projects. I'm painfully aware of all the cool tech we've lost over the years, unfortunately.
- smackeyacky 5y agoApollo! We had one of those workstations floating around. It had a unique windowing system, shame its no longer available to play with.