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Do you suffer from software nostalgia? (lemmy.curiana.net)

submitted 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just got a new laptop, put Debian 13 on it, installed Plasma, started configuring all the tools. Everything works great but when I get to set up the screensaver I realize it's Wayland. So no xscreensaver. So no IFS.

I had those fractals welcoming me when my computer wakes up probably for 20 years now. Now I'm supposed to just setup normal lock screen and move on? Nope. xdm, .xsessionrc, xscreensaver. Now it feels like home again.

But it's stupid, right? Just use new tools. They have more features. Better integrations. I'm still thinking about switching back to Wayland...

So, do you suffer from software nostalgia (a term I just made up)? Do you stick to good old tools even when the modern replacements are better? Or do you always chase the latest tools without looking back?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Alpine Linux 3.22 introduced the 2019 patch to use TER16x32 console font – it’s not a bad font, but yeah: fbcon=font:VGA8x16

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago

I use modern tools but my workflow's still almost entirely CLI/TUI based where possible. I get the benefits of modern ergonomics and tech improvements but it still "feels like" the good old days so I refuse to "move on" from it. I don't know if I'd call that nostalgia but I often still get those same feelings of discovery and wonderment like back in the 90s going on the "information super highway".

Hmm, might need to find a good CLI fediverse client. We all yearn for the days of usenet and IRC. I think it's less about aesthetics and more about a return to virtual spaces that we own and not hosted by corporate interests.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

No chat service has felt as good to use as mIRC. I don't care about voice, video, stickers or other bullshit. I want to chat and have scripts telling people what music I am listening to on WinAmp. 😩

[–] miss_demeanour 2 points 5 hours ago

ahhh...the undernet......

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 hours ago

mIRC the client, IRC the service/protocol. Espernet was my old home.

I utterly loved that client too, and it was my first foray into scripting. So much customisation, slap scripts, trivia bots etc etc. The da-da-da-da-ding of new connections and private messages....

Then of course there was XDCC for obtaining a whole plethora of media & games...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

Same, but for irssi

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 hours ago

No, I suffer from current software.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 hours ago

Winamp. Because it really whips the llamas ass.

[–] miss_demeanour 10 points 10 hours ago

I cry myself to sleep remembering how great WordPerfect 3 was...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I do not and I really do prefer Wayland

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

I gave it a try but plasma doesn't even support independent virtual desktop on multiple screens. Sometimes the old tools are just better. It's back to awesome for me. And xscreensaver!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

i suffer from all the dumb software that we still have to use. i dream of brain-machine-interfaces xD

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago

No, literally never

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

i suffer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

No.