▲ 335 ▼ Windows95Man to represent Finland in Eurovision. Linus Torvalds must be so disappointed (sopuli.xyz) submitted 2 years ago by reboot6675@sopuli.xyz to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml 38 comments fedilink hide all child comments Context: the creator of Linux is from Finland
[+] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Linux absolutely had a GUI. It ran X just fine. I know because it was my desktop at the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bene7rddso@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) And you had to write your own modeline permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Indeed you did. Linux was more fun back then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent [–] femboy_bird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're forgettin literally all the versions of unix that existed at that time, solaris being prominent, but ibm had their own version, and so did many other companies, all of these ram x11 desktops, win95 was much farther from being the only option than windows 10 was before windows 11 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Linux absolutely had a GUI. It ran X just fine. I know because it was my desktop at the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Bene7rddso@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) And you had to write your own modeline permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Indeed you did. Linux was more fun back then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bene7rddso@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) And you had to write your own modeline permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Indeed you did. Linux was more fun back then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Indeed you did. Linux was more fun back then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
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[–] femboy_bird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're forgettin literally all the versions of unix that existed at that time, solaris being prominent, but ibm had their own version, and so did many other companies, all of these ram x11 desktops, win95 was much farther from being the only option than windows 10 was before windows 11 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent