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Dec 31, 2004

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Dec 31, 2004

The Management posted:

2018 the year of Linux on the desktop

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Dec 31, 2004

carry on then posted:

not even the most puzzling, someone forked kde3:

https://www.trinitydesktop.org/

they're doing the lords work. i have a vm of this for fun and nostalgia

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Dec 31, 2004

shuttlecock's back folks!! let's get this sinking ship pointed in the right direction!!

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Dec 31, 2004

MALE SHOEGAZE posted:

linux interfaces: it just twerks

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Dec 31, 2004

Sweevo posted:

apparently nobody told linux that its not 1998 any more and dumb window effects aren't a thing anyone actually wants

those effects were probably made in 2006 or so

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Dec 31, 2004

akadajet posted:

this was done back after osx got released and had those genie minimize effects

a bunch of linux nerds looked at it and said 'we can take it to the next level' and then compiz fusion was released. cue stupid rear end videos of the effects


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRZnLnvCEsw&hd=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHZ48AE3TOI

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Dec 31, 2004

lol I had a box full of those. IIRC they had weird naked lady desktop backgrounds included as well

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Dec 31, 2004

akadajet posted:

Yep. They had some program where they'd send you a box for free so you could give them out to your friends.

I used one disc and the box just gathered dust until i threw the rest away lol

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Dec 31, 2004

GameCube posted:

this guy fucks

i started it up after i posted that and the vm doesnt boot anymore for some reason lol.

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