Re: Workstation Aesthetics

Andrzej Matuch wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

On 2024-06-05 8:07 a.m., Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
 

On Tue, 4 Jun 2024 12:23:23 -0000 (UTC), vallor wrote:
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On Tue, 4 Jun 2024 06:58:08 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote in <v3mdu0$arho$2@dont-email.me>:
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On Mon, 3 Jun 2024 11:11:19 -0000 (UTC), vallor wrote:
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Point being, the wintrolls knew very little of the pedigree of Unix
workstations until they were schooled.

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Abso-bloody-lutely.

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I've come to the conclusion that the person who asked you for the videos
was never interested in the aesthetics of the workstation desktops of
yore -- nor have they acknowledged those desktops' role in shaping the
look-and-feel of Windows 95.
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They seem to be a Windows concern troll having a bit of fun with us...

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Except the joke was on them. Now they seem to be trying desperately to
claim that the Windows desktop of the time looked much better than Unix,
hoping that if they shout it loud enough, that will somehow make it true.
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What they forget is who was in charge of Microsoft at the time: Bill
Gates, whom Steve Jobs famously said had “no taste”.
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Remember, the big advance in Windows 95 was in actually having a “Start”
menu for the first time.

 
And what good is a pretty desktop if the OS tends to freeze up?

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You mean the way Ubuntu regularly does?

I haven't had a desktop/OS freeze up in... years. Gentoo, Debian Unstable,
Fedora, Ubuntu, Arch.

I guess it's a one-man operation
which doesn't have enough testers.

Ask Lenovo about Ubuntu and it's parent, Canonical:

   https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/d/linux-laptops-desktops/?orgRef=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com%252F

   Linux Laptops

   Shop laptops and desktops computers with Linux preloaded at Lenovo. Choose
   from popular ThinkPad and desktop models.

<https://askubuntu.com/questions/1513394/ubuntu-24-04-fresh-install-system-settings-freezes-when-going-system-remot>

   "Ok, apt-get reinstall gnome-remote-desktop seems to have solved it."

<https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2061840>

An actual bug!

I'm surprised they didn't clue him in to the Linux magic SysRq key.

My mail-order Pentium desktop had Win NT (not DOS-Windows) for that reason.
 
(I did have to dig around to find an NT driver for an HP inkjet printer
"Certified for Window" Same for the modem card. :-D).
 
Later I slicked it and put RedHat 6 on it.

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How long after that did your Pentium desktop get up try to strangle you
in your sleep?

Heh heh.

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