Inspired to make this post from: https://lemmy.ml/post/2769734
Do you have any memories that spring to mind when you see old wallpapers?
- The green rolling hills of XP remind me of when I started using computers, watching Insider Secrets on CNET and downloading everything that appeared on download.com, then trying to make Windows XP look like Vista
- Vista’s of when I installed every possible custom theme imaginable and spent half the time rebooting from BSODs while trying to play Zombie Escape in CSS
- Windows 7 of what felt like peak Windows and when I got my first gaming PC and the joys of Bootcamp (never forget the Windows 7 Beta fish wallpaper),
- Mac OS Leopards wallpaper of my first Mac,
- Ubuntu 9.04: The classic Ubuntu where I had no idea what I was doing and I had no idea how to get Wi-Fi and sound to work,
- Ubuntu 10.04 of when I first started running Minecraft servers and using Linux, not to forget glorious GNOME 2,
- Debian 6 of when I started learning Debian and the fun that was trying use PPAs and custom repos on Apt and running servers in VirtualBox,
- Mac OS Mavericks: Nice network share, would be a shame if it stopped responding and you had to reboot… again,
- Windows 8 (not 8.1)… I don’t actually remember these . I used a screenshot from DayZ looking down at Elektro back when I ran Windows 8 consumer preview and the release candidate.
I use to play around with a little device called Open Pandora (from when System-On-A-Chip really became a thing; it looked like a bulky Nintendo DS and was mostly used to emulate old games (including Nintendo DS ones, interestingly).
I made an alternative desktop environment for it (so you switch from using XFCE to Openbox).
Anyway, this wallpaper reminds me of that time:
The Pandora was pretty cool even if it took so long to get manufactured that the SoC was outdated by the time I got mine. I do have vivid memories of playing Kolf on it during a long and boring speech.
Did you originally buy it for emulation, or did you have something else in mind at the time? Judging from gPodder and SMPlayer, it looks like you were using it like a bit like an iPod touch.
I can’t remember. It wouldn’t have been for emulation, because I’m never been that bothered about that. I remember it seemed terribly important that I get one, because I paid extra to skip the queue of pre-orders. I ported software directly on the device itself, but - yeah - I think it was mainly for audio/video stuff (using it like a fragile and cumbersome iPod touch)
Windows 98 clouds: Popping in some CD-ROM bought as a school book fair. Believe it or not Need for Speed 3: Hot Pursuit was one of those titles.
YES! In 1991 when I was 10 we got our first family computer with Windows 3.1. I stayed up late helping my dad set it up. I’ll never forget seeing the desktop wallpaper for the first time. I’d never seen so many colors on a computer before!
