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Future comes in at point were we actually circle back. "Black is always in fashion" kind of thing. Ditch modern ad endpoints (a.k.a. operating systems) and go
by szszrk 2y ago
Future comes in at point were we actually circle back. "Black is always in fashion" kind of thing.
Ditch modern ad endpoints (a.k.a. operating systems) and go back to those distros we used 20 years ago. Accept that those don't support DRM, carefully choose our hardware (as its barely supported), and stick to it until it dies.
The thing i miss most from that time is Window Maker. I'd love to have again those tiny tiles with small graphs and buttons, but for more modern use cases.
- wizzwizz4 2y agoWindow Maker still exists. There's an ongoing Wayland port / reimagining: https://github.com/phkaeser/wlmaker https://github.com/phkaeser/wlmaker.
- szszrk 2y agoThat's actually amazing. Can't wait for dockable apps support. That could be a killer app for operators - half desktop, half monitoring dashboard, haha :) I can already see those dockable tiles with Prometheus metrics.
- rbanffy 2y agoThe thing I liked most in the NeXT was the sparing use of color. It was part necessity, but also usability. What does the color of the window bar being blue communicate? I am an enthusiast for Gnome’s less is more approach.
- ahoka 2y agoOriginal NeXT was monochrome, so of course it used no significant colors in the UI.
- teddyh 2y agoThe original NeXTcube was 4-bit grayscale, but there was a graphics card available which supported 24-bit colour. The later NeXTstations supported 12-bit colours without any additional hardware.
- lelanthran 2y ago> The thing i miss most from that time is Window Maker. I use WindowMaker as a daily driver. Still.