Subj : Re: Bleach Time!
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Tracker1
Date : Wed Mar 24 2021 16:16:11

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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