Developer's 1994 Linux desktop recreation runs in your browser as a modern web app — open-source project brings old-school CDE interface back from the dead (www.tomshardware.com)

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If you're tired of the modern internet, then why not dial back to the 1990s? One nostalgic developer has recreated the pinnacle of early Linux operating systems with the so-called CDE Time Capsule. Posted as an open-source project on GitHub under the GPL license, but accessible via its own website, the project has faithfully recreated the appearance of a Debian Linux installation, circa 1994.

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[-] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 7 points 1 week ago

doesn't look like CDE or any old linux desktop, seems vibecoded

[-] red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

What are you on about?

[-] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 6 points 1 week ago

bruh i've used CDE for a very long time, though that wasn't "Linux" since CDE didn't get released as FOSS until 2010s; a 1994 linux desktop would have something like fvwm.

even the window buttons on that web thing look nothing like CDE.