Google to start deleting inactive YouTube accounts this December.
Youtube will be deleting old content very soon, this is a good time to back up old Youtube channels.
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Ubuntu wallpaper archive. This is very cool if you want an old Ubuntu wallpaper for your PC.
Nice Ubuntu wallpaper archive, good to see old wallpapers.
Obscure retro hardware and operating systems. A look into the past.
Some very interesting old examples of computing technology in the Soviet bloc. This is a very interesting documentary.
Older Ubuntu versions were so comfortable to use.
The Ubuntu 5.04 distribution was a very comfortable desktop environment. Using Gnome 2, it was very fast and reliable. Now we have MATE, but I miss the simplicity of the older Ubuntu releases, Ubuntu 13.04 was very bad, but now it is picking up again, even though the Systemd init system is not as good … Read more
Linux has come so far since the old days.
The many Linux distributions we have today have come a long way since the old days. The evolution of the Linux desktop has lead us in strange directions, culminating in the Gnome Shell desktop interface, as well as Ubuntu Unity. But these have some nice features that make up for the strangeness. But older Linus … Read more
Very old but interesting UNIX and Linux documentation.
Very old, but precious UNIX documentation from the 1970`s. These would be very interesting reading for someone interested in UNIX. 1972 UNIX programming manual. https://www.tuhs.org//Archive/Distributions/Research/1972_stuff/unix_2nd_edition_manual.pdf. Tmg compiler-writing language manual. https://www.tuhs.org//Archive/Distributions/Research/1972_stuff/tmg.pdf. UNIX Programmers manual November 1971. https://www.tuhs.org//Archive/Distributions/Research/Dennis_v1/UNIX_ProgrammersManual_Nov71.pdf. UNIX Kernel Subroutine Descriptions March 1972. https://www.tuhs.org//Archive/Distributions/Research/Dennis_v1/Kernel_Subroutine_Descriptions_Mar72.pdf. Intro on how manual pages are laid out in UNIX. 1971. https://www.tuhs.org//Archive/Distributions/Research/Dennis_v1/manintro.pdf. … Read more
Old but cool finds on the Internet.
I have found this awesome web page. This allows the user to build and order a flash new PC. http://people.virginia.edu/~zl5y/cgi-bin/Store/web_store.cgi. This PC would run any office productivity or gaming app you could throw at it. A powerful Pentium MMX CPU, a 8MB graphics accelerator card, and 3.2 GB HDD. This is a beast of a … Read more
Some cool footage and images of old operating systems.
Installing BeOS on a modern computer. This is a very cool alternative operating system. The screenshot below, shows an Apple II machine connecting to a Debian server over a network connection. This allows the more powerful machine to be administered easily over a remote connection. I wonder if you could use an Apple II as … Read more
How the Internet has changed in all this time.
The Internet in the early days was very different from the one we now use. The web browsers we used were very primitive and there was no real AdBlock in place, this meant that the web was full of pop-ups and pop-unders. The most malicious pop-up ads contained code to spawn more of them and … Read more
Outstanding Linux bug still not fixed after 13 years. We need to address this now.
There is still a very old Linux bug that has still not been fixed. Microsoft has a dominating market share. This is an Ubuntu bug reported by Mark Shuttleworth in 2004 and has still not been fixed. Ubuntu is getting better though. Ubuntu 17.10 will have Wayland and Gnome 3.26 by default and have better … Read more
Historical Linux oddities from the past.
Interesting Linux oddities Linux has had quite a few odd programs and oddities released for it. One was a process management system that used a modified copy of Xdoom, a Doom source port, to manage processes. The utility used the Doom2 game files and there were Imps in the main outside courtyard. Shooting them and … Read more
Complete pack of Windows wallpapers for your Linux desktop.
Windows has some very cool wallpapers available in it. Here are a few old favorites from old and new versions of Windows. These could be interesting choices for a Windows lookalike desktop on Cinnamon or KDE. These are very cool, especially the high-res wallpapers for Windows 10. Complete pack of Windows wallpapers from every release … Read more
Computing in the 1990s versus 2017.
Computing in the 1990`s was much different to the experience we have today. The software we used like Internet Explorer and Netscape was not very secure. Running Windows `95 or `98 did not give a great deal of security compared to a modern operating system. The Internet was the wild west before Google came along, … Read more
Reminiscing on Doom and older computers in the modern age.
Just saw a cool Let’s Play Doom video on Youtube that features E2M4 and the guy playing it is like he is playing it for the first time, it is incredible to watch the game played is if it is being played for the first time instead of always watching Nightmare speedruns and Ultraviolence demos. … Read more
Linux in the old days. A look back at some classic Linux desktops.
The KDE 2.2.2 Linux desktop. A classic look and feel. The old Debian 3.0 distribution with the KDE 2.0 desktop environment. Ubuntu 5.10 Gnome desktop. The good old days of Gnome. An old Linux FVWM desktop with the CDE theme. FreeBSD UNIX with a Fluxbox desktop window manager.
Very old computing advertisements and images.
Some very old computer advertisements and images. This is an advertisement against piracy. 50,000 dollar 5 megabyte hard disk drive being loaded onto a truck. Windows 3.1 disk space indicator. This was the very old days of computing. You can certainly tell that disk space was far more restricted than on modern computers. IBM 5100 … Read more
Another nostalgia posting. Some pictures of very old computing treasures from history.
Old AOL login window. Dialing up to an America Online system to get connected to the Internet. The old OS/2 Warp operating system from IBM. This was a very good operating system back in the day. Windows `95 on floppy disks. This would take a very long time to install compared to using a DVD … Read more
Windows XP still used around the world despite the security risks.
Windows XP, the venerable and trusty Windows operating system from Microsoft is still in use around the world. Despite the fact that Munich has switched their computers to the Linux operating system, Windows XP still has a foothold. My local library still runs Windows XP Professional SP3. This is dated 2002 and is obviously quite … Read more
How the design of the user interface has changed from the olden days of the computer.
The computer user interface has come a long way since the early days of the computer. This has not always been for the best. The iMac screen below shows a good example of UI design. This is a very usable and fast interface. The Finder allows you to find applications easily and also navigate the … Read more
Some Linux desktop screenshots from the old days of Linux.
This website has some awesome screen-shots of old Linux desktops from 1999. This really takes me back, Linux and UNIX desktops in the olden days looked a lot different than they do now, it is good news that the Common Desktop Environment or CDE is now available for Debian. I just wish that there were … Read more