On 3/23/2021 8:51 AM, poindexter FORTRAN wrote:
>
> Sounds like we ran in some of the same circles. I was a Netware admin
> in the early '90s, and OS/2 made a great admin platform for Netware
> servers - lots of console windows without drivers in low memory. DOS
> VDMs for apps that needed a native DOS environment.
>
> Switched to NT4 when the internet came around, and I had a couple of
> databases to manage. Really enjoyed the eye-candy of Litestep, ran
> it on the BBS for some time, and ran it on old Dell boxes running
> Windows 2000 that needed all the RAM they could muster.
>
> I couldn't stand the Windows 8 start menu, used classic shell to
> emulate a XP environment, down to the colors and the wallpaper.
>
> That reminds me, I think it's time for my 2-screen "Dark Bliss"
> wallpaper and an XP menu again. :)
I remember spending weeks configuring my custom litestep theme... I
think it didn't run right on XP. but used it off/on at some point and
just stopped trying. When Win7 came out, I preferred it to anything
that came before anyway (in terms of UX).
My understanding is I *could* do similar with gnome as I used to with
LiteStep, just never dug into it far enough to start.
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Michael J. Ryan - tracker1@roughneckbbs.com
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