Figured you guys might enjoy this. A screenshot of my gaming desktop and wine experiments from 2013.

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four@lemmy.zip · 54 pts · 218d (7 replies)

That's some good nostalgia, thanks

jol@discuss.tchncs.de · 19 pts · 218d (6 replies)

2013 is nostalgic now? 🥹

schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de · 22 pts · 218d (3 replies)

Why would things from 12 years ago not be nostalgic?!

atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 217d (2 replies)

Because 12 years is barely even enough time to graduate high school?

panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 217d (1 reply)

How long were you in high school for?

vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 217d

I think they are counting from first grade, their way of saying that is technically correct but a bit weird. Cleaner way would be to just say schooling minus kindergarten and college, less ambiguity and weirdness.

spicytuna62@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 217d

I found an Ubuntu 12.10 DVD on one of my spindles the other day and spun it up and oh my god how the memories came flooding back. I kinda loved Unity at the time. I mean, I'm not giving up Plasma for it, but I thought Unity was so refreshing coming off of Windows 7/8.

spamfajitas@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 217d

Certainly is for Minecraft.

The more modern form of modding with Forge had really matured by that point and people were testing the boundaries of what they could create with modpacks.

The following year saw the release of 1.7.10 as well as the acquisition by Microsoft and rounded off what was generally considered the golden age of modded Minecraft.

vodka@feddit.org · 43 pts · 218d (2 replies)

The HTC Sense flip clock ❤️

Lojcs@piefed.social · 6 pts · 218d (1 reply)

Couldn't find anything on a cursory search, how do you even install that? Looks so much more real than the clones on play store

vodka@feddit.org · 5 pts · 217d

The last real HTC Sense flip clock was made for android 4.4 (2013) You're only gonna find clones sadly.

PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca · 25 pts · 217d

That HTC weather widget. Oof.

TimeNaan@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 217d (1 reply)

Hah, back when PlayOnLinux was the "easy" way to run windows software.

The ready made scripts almost never worked. But it was a good effort that paved the way for Lutris

zewm@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 217d

I never used the scripts, I used to use it as a front end to make my own prefixes. I loved the interface and ease of settings.

GreenMinusBlue@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 217d (5 replies)

From the time we used Wine instead of Proton :)

neclimdul@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 217d (2 replies)

Today?

GreenMinusBlue@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 217d (1 reply)

Its somewhat the same today. Its just packaged wine, into proton. Valve pays for Proton a.k.a Wine releases. TLDR: Steam didnt make Linux gaming viable. Wine did, Steam just made it more mainstream and easier to implement.

vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 217d

They also created a market incentive for devs to at least consider compatiblity with the program due to the steam deck.

flameleaf@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 217d (1 reply)

And we used PlayOnLinux to install Windows games using CDs and DVDs

GreenMinusBlue@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 217d

Haha used the PlayOnLinux GUI like total noobs, remember those days clearly lol

Sunshine@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 218d

Using Linux before it was cool!

BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com · 7 pts · 218d

Oh, I had the same conky wheels! Takes me back ☺️

Soulg@ani.social · 6 pts · 217d (1 reply)

Heroes of Newerth? Amnesia? Yep checks out

ZebraGoose@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 217d

Did You see the reboot of HoN?

LiveLM@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 217d (2 replies)

Ah, I miss Unity

victorz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 217d

Really. I moved away from Ubuntu when they forced Unity on us. 😅

flameleaf@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 217d

Slow and very unstable in the early days compared to GNOME2, but I still loved the look of it

BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 217d

Ah another planeshift enjoyer!

Willdrick@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 218d

With all those conky widgets I bet I could middle click on that desktop and drag the mouse to flip the desktop cube!

ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 217d

Lmao I love how widgets totally flopped and now have made a huge comeback on mobile.

Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 217d

I wish I also had screenshots of my desktops from back in the days. It would reflect my own evolution.

Tabooki@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 217d

Not really having related but here's me playing with Linux back in 2008 https://youtu.be/JzZJkNrIxV4

richie_golds@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 217d
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flameleaf@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 217d

Steam's native Linux client first released in 2012, granted, there weren't a lot of compatible games at that point