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I used to check FM every morning for years as part of my ritual to look for "neat stuff" to install and play around with on my various boxen. It was great whil
by zeruch 12y ago
I used to check FM every morning for years as part of my ritual to look for "neat stuff" to install and play around with on my various boxen. It was great while it lasted. I worked at VA and a common form of watercooler talk in the late 90s was akin to "hey, I found $APP and I think it might really let me do $USEFULTHING or at least be an interesting waste of time"
- harrystone 12y agoSame here, I checked it every day for many years. It was one of those fundamental parts of the linux experience in the late 90s. It surprised me how much emotional impact this announcement had for me. I hate to see freshmeat go, even if it wasn't much anymore compared to what it was. Oh well, you can't go home again.
- vidarh 12y agoIt would have had more of an emotional impact if I hadn't checked in on it now and again over the last few years, and essentially "grieved" already by realising how uninteresting it had become. Largely because I have so many other channels to discover interesting stuff without the chaff of a new version of yet another irc client. Also, when they tried to transition away from "Freshmeat", I pretty much accepted it was over...