2gig and a 450mhz is all i need to get shit done. downloading this file at 72kbps. how about you
Extremely cool
>>1084615472oO6, stock windows 98
2gig is not early 00s that's like 2010
>>108461547Implessive, vely naisu.Based off the screenshot, I assume the WM is Fruxbox? What other system components did you make use of to make it low resource? Is it possible to just read through archives of old desktop threads and use what everyone was using back in the day, assuming those resources are still maintained today?>>108461658I had 2GB of LAM back in 2007.
i hate larpshit
>>108461547i love fvwm :)
>>108461547>>108461655>>108461778>>108461855>>108461931>>108462015>>108462022>>108462023This but on Wayland (4k with good scaling) is all I need.
>>108461547What ever happened to megatokyo?
>>108461931Oh hey. I kind of bootlegged her layout :-)
>>108462038I love the window decors xfce had back when it was still a cde clone
>>108462015that clock is pure sex
>>108462035I also just remembered that I used to read it like 20 years ago. Found this while looking for info:TheMegatokyocontroversyprimarily centers on the 2005 departure of co-creatorRodney Caston, who was accused by fellow webcomic creator Scott Kurtz of being "blackmailed" out of the project, a claim Gallagher dismissed as anamicable splitdue to creative differences.A second major controversy emerged regarding theMegaTokyo Visual NovelKickstarter campaign, which raised nearly$300,000in 2013 but has remainedunfinishedsince 2017, leading to accusations of mismanagement and an inability to complete the promised project.Longstanding criticism also targets the comic'snarrative pacing, which slowed to a crawl (covering onlytwo monthsof in-universe time from 2000–2009), and its shift from slapstick comedy toemotional dramaandmisogynistic tropes, including storylines involvingchild prostitutionand the objectification of female characters.I also got reminded of the Sexy Losers web comic. Las update was in 2025 I think.
>>108461547are you evil, anon?
>>108462181Yeah, I knew about largo getting driven out of the comic because he wanted it to be funny and piro wanted to make a weeb drama.Only covering two months in-universe in 9 years is funny. Here I'd thought Initial D was slow - in-universe starts in July 1995 and ends in the fall of 1996 and it took 18 years to get there. (July 1995-July 2013). I also was amused by the anachronisms that occurred cause it took so long to write - it went from no characters having cellphones to all characters having flip phones, cars that weren't in production in 1996 are used by featured characters (Toyota Altezza, Honda S2000, Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R)
>>108461547>2gig and a 450mhz is all i need to get shit done. downloading this file at 72kbps. how about youHoly zoomer.
>>108462561lol ok
>>108462561How old are you? Do you know specs from computers made before you were born?
>>108462053hot
>>108462629>Do you know specs from computers made before you were born?Yeah.
>>108462035>megatokyoI somehow forgot all about ever reading this. Good times.
>>108462629No, I've never needed to know the specs for a pdp-11
>>108461547bluesteel my beloved
>>108462033>sad mafiosogodspeed you! black emperor chad?
it's weird looking back how much screen real estate was considered acceptable to lose to window decorations and the gaps inherent to freeform floating wm layoutssometimes I feel like a jackass ricer "wasting" 20-30px to i3-gaps on a 27" 1440p monitor, but most of the screenshots itt are probably from sub-20" monitors at lower pixel densities! And yeah, they're showing off their theme and wouldn't have that many tiny windows opened and spread across the desktop normally, but it's still a very fundamentally different approach to enthusiast UI customization
>>108462053i doubt you'll answer but can you post about how you set this up? i assume window manager plays a role? i tried using it but i get the feeling it's impossible to daily drive on its own and maybe requires further apps to make it work
>>108461828pretty good case desu no bullshit glass or RGB faggotry modern thermals 5.25inch bays just a shame about the price
It makes me sad that the main thing with these are the low resolution, 3D "skeuomorphic" details and bitmap fonts. Even on Linux these details and fonts are basically cat and mouse game where you fight against updates and config changes. The other 50% of the problem is that I use three 42" OLED monitors with 3840x2160 so even these old desktops would not look the same because of the high resolution and large desktop space. Basically showing screenshots to others would just look extremely tiny and doesn't have the same feel.My compromise is to larp Windows 7 desktop with Liberation font set with my custom theme and icons that is 3D. It basically has the same feel but still it looks weird and too tiny when you show triple monitor 4K screenshots to others.
>>108464464just get the none larpshit version
>>108464465>I use three 42" OLED monitorsdamn that's some overkill
>>108461828I don't get why they're going for an 80s look when no-one gives a shit about PCs from that time
>>108464549>the none larpshit version>I/O on top>no 5.25" bays>still costs way more than it's worthmore retarded than the larpers tbqh>>108464987I just like the colour it's not even the 80s it's just a nice colour it goes well with warm wood I'd be alright with it being white too I just fucking hate having everything in black like an emofag
>>108465011youre still using dvds, grandpa?its $80 for a good case from a reputable brand that comes with good fans
>>108465126not him but I still burn CDs
>>108464987its a faux 90s tower look, zoomerin the 80s personal computers were just becoming a thing and werent yet fully commoditised, so manufacturers still cared about designthe 90s is the beige box decade
>>108465176use case other than larping? you HAVE to listen to your shitty music in your shitty 1998 subaru?
>>108465126>youre still using dvds, grandpa?and CDs and Blu-rays yeah what about it>its $80 for a good case from a reputable brand that comes with good fanssure but they don't have the things I want >>108465187>you HAVE to listen to your shitty music in your shitty 1998 subaru?yeah>use case other than larping?not sure about burning I use mine for the opposite mostly digitalisation and preservation and general hoarding which is becoming more important every week it seems
>>10846518190s towers have a more rounded look
>>108465302they have said they just looked up old computer photos and used the elements they liked it's not supposed to be period accurate to anything
>>108465311I know, but I want my 90s larp case to be era accurate
Other than the video games I don't particularly miss that era to be honest and I lived through it.
>>108465221>mental illnessthanks for confirming pops
>>108462015absolute kino, only the icons on the left are a bit too blurry.
>>108465466better to be a kook than a faggot
>>108462112>calling a 7 segment display sexits not that youre a zoomer, its just how gay and ignorant you are
>>1084645603x 42" monitors is legit the ideal godmaxxing setupI have one myself and while its great with my 24" vertical monitor, I do wish I just had more area at times. I wanted VR to replace my monitors but the industry is too slow with PPD, and 3 chonkers irl would be a close 2ndI actually cant wait to get a 42" 8k display so I can have 3 monitors
>>108465126if you arent ripping physical media youre a pleb full stop
>>108465597hey man im all for it, as long as it works for you and youre happy
>>108461855It's the best.
I want an authentic 90s-2000s experience like displaying only 16-256 colors on screen. Is this possible?
Back in windows xp you can change color depth so i hope it is possible in Linux like 16 colors
>>108465616nta, but segmented lcd displays are objectively better/visually more distinct for numeralsand at this stage in the tech tree, they get extra points for "nostalgia"
Be honest, how many of you are trans?
>>108464380I use FVWM2.> it's impossible to daily drive on its ownI daily drive this and use it for work, school, and devving.I use this on a laptop.I know everything I need to know from my dockapps (time, wifi, stats, temp, tray, moon, audio, etc)It's very lightweight.>maybe requires further apps to make it workMaybe if you consider the dockapps as 'further apps', but after that, no, it's pretty niceI'll upload my config somewhere for people to enjoy after I finish up something.
>>108466782You might be able to force it with Xephyr but DEs won't start, classic WMs might
>>108466830if you like them so much, get real ones instead of being a poser
>>108462758I wonder how these people were able to get so many great games on their old Linux boxes back then. I struggle in comparison and all I can muster up is Xonotic and Urban Terror.
>>108461931GKRELLM
>>108469993like half of the games in that screenshot are commercially released Loki Entertainment ports, and id and a few other devs were generally pretty good about including Linux binaries in their own releases. The early 2000s were kind of a little golden age for native Linux gaming before the dark ages of the late 00s-10s era, at least before Wine/Proton got mature enough to solve the issue for good.
>>108465126I write backups on 100GB BD M-Discs. What do you use?
>>108469993I played a lot of games with Wine in the 00's already. >how to getUnless you mean where? Pirating.
>>108470778I used cedega back then. It was superior to wine for a short while.
>>108463989A lot of screen space was lost, yes, but, it ensured all elements were defined and clearly noticeable. For example, the screenshot you posted you can clearly make out all the elements in the UI.Many of the interfaces back then might be ugly, but they were very easy to use.
>>108461547GeoShell was the absolute best when I was a Winshitter.
>>108472603It literally used Wine.
>>108461547ITT: Alphies and Zoom Cucks.>This esoteric knowledge means something!Better off spending your mental energy on a IaC repository you can show to your employer as a real project. This is just cuck basement dwelling groupthink.
>>108477161>i-is that... a hobby outside of the preapproved list?>and it's UNPROFITABLE?!>STOP THAT RIGHT NOW!How boring.
>>108477161You hate your job, you hate your life and you're balding prematurely.
>>108477810Hey Androgenic. How's it going!
>>108467616that would be cool if you did because im trying to recreate it and it's rough figuring out how to use fvwm/dockapps. also what cpu/gpu temp dockapp is that? the cpu/sys thing? ive been going nuts trying to find it
>>108480115wmtemphttps://git.nocternity.net/tseeker-pub/wmtemp
>>108461547>20 years later>somehow you need 64gb of memory and a 5.0ghz processor just to get anything done
Man, was linux back in the day so fucking ugly
