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Remember BlueSteel? Remember installing linux for the first time to try it out? Remember discovering what a winmodem was…

by 89a 14y ago

stuaxo 14y ago
Hey, there was the ridiculously named 'Hand of god' theme with the titlebar on the side ! Good days ... running the ripple effect on the bottom ... bring me bling !
- stinos 14y ago
  yes yes, the ripple effect. In those days people could hardly believe what they were seeing and all went like 'is THAT linux?'
  - balakk 14y ago
    And that sweet dramatic unveiling of the desktop, swishing across virtual desktops, funky pager, widgets... Linux was so much fun and personal those days.
    - hk_kh 14y ago
      And still is. The thing is, either you are used to it, or you just feel ok with the defaults. I understand why Unity or GNOME are following the "simplicity, you stupid" path. It gets mom, dad and girlfriend to use the system without putting much effort into it. However, I stick to fluxbox, I have got my widgets, my funky pager, my switching, and it feels personal, and fun.
    - fghh45sdfhr3 14y ago
      That was before we tried to make Linux a mass market OS.
recursive 14y ago
> Remember installing linux for the first time to try it out? I am starting to think this will happen soon.
mej10 14y ago
Wow, I had forgotten about how disappointed I was when I found out about winmodems. That tempered my fascination with Linux fairly quickly at the time.
pmarsh 14y ago
Since you start the nostalgia train. I remember recompiling the kernel over and over again with different options and modules. I remember the ripples and the flames on the logon screen. Downloading the latest source of E almost nightly. Spending time hanging out on #E. Good times.
mcclung 14y ago
Remember BlueSteel? I'm using it right now. Still use the latest Enlightenment DR16 on all my Linux and Solaris boxes. It does everything I need a window manager to do.
ktf 14y ago
Most of my time in E16 was spent sitting patient and inert, waiting for someone to walk by my desk so I could impress them with the awesome window flipping and water animations. Well, that and posting endless screenshots of my setup to various forums. Whenever I'm feeling down I pour myself a drink and browse my "screenshots_2002" folder :) > Remember discovering what a winmodem was... I still have my first non-winmodem installed in my machine, though I haven't had an active phone line in my apartment for years... ahhh, nostalgia!

Remember BlueSteel? Remember installing linux for the first time to try it out? Remember discovering what a winmodem was…

by 89a 14y ago

Remember BlueSteel? Remember installing linux for the first time to try it out? Remember discovering what a winmodem was…

stuaxo 14y ago

Hey, there was the ridiculously named 'Hand of god' theme with the titlebar on the side ! Good days ... running the ripple effect on the bottom ... bring me bling !

stinos 14y ago
yes yes, the ripple effect. In those days people could hardly believe what they were seeing and all went like 'is THAT linux?'
- balakk 14y ago
  And that sweet dramatic unveiling of the desktop, swishing across virtual desktops, funky pager, widgets... Linux was so much fun and personal those days.
  - hk_kh 14y ago
    And still is. The thing is, either you are used to it, or you just feel ok with the defaults. I understand why Unity or GNOME are following the "simplicity, you stupid" path. It gets mom, dad and girlfriend to use the system without putting much effort into it. However, I stick to fluxbox, I have got my widgets, my funky pager, my switching, and it feels personal, and fun.
  - fghh45sdfhr3 14y ago
    That was before we tried to make Linux a mass market OS.

recursive 14y ago

> Remember installing linux for the first time to try it out? I am starting to think this will happen soon.

mej10 14y ago

Wow, I had forgotten about how disappointed I was when I found out about winmodems. That tempered my fascination with Linux fairly quickly at the time.

pmarsh 14y ago

Since you start the nostalgia train. I remember recompiling the kernel over and over again with different options and modules. I remember the ripples and the flames on the logon screen. Downloading the latest source of E almost nightly. Spending time hanging out on #E. Good times.

mcclung 14y ago

Remember BlueSteel? I'm using it right now. Still use the latest Enlightenment DR16 on all my Linux and Solaris boxes. It does everything I need a window manager to do.

ktf 14y ago

Most of my time in E16 was spent sitting patient and inert, waiting for someone to walk by my desk so I could impress them with the awesome window flipping and water animations. Well, that and posting endless screenshots of my setup to various forums. Whenever I'm feeling down I pour myself a drink and browse my "screenshots_2002" folder :) > Remember discovering what a winmodem was... I still have my first non-winmodem installed in my machine, though I haven't had an active phone line in my apartment for years... ahhh, nostalgia!