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Websites, software, games, fads, memes, or any general happenings that used to occur or had originated on computers 20+ years ago.

This community is software and internet focused. For retro hardware discussion try [email protected]

Some Cool Links

Archive.org Software Library

BBS: The Documentary

Classic Websites: Random Page / Search Engine

cool-retro-term: terminal emulator mimicing old cathode displays

Neocities: webhost homage to Geocities

Web Design Museum

Webamp / Webamp Desktop / Skin Library: cross-platform re-implementation of Winamp 2.9

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Linux-Mandrake 6.0 was actually my intro to Linux. Lots and lots of memories.

Still absolutely love this clunky aesthetic.

Interestingly, the old website is still up. Last post, 1999.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Powerful nostalgia vibes. My first Linux distro was Mandrake 7 or 7.1. Can't quite recall which one it was but I remember waiting hours for it to download after the boxed copy of RedHat I bought at Incredible Universe just would not cleanly install on my 486 at home.

I stuck with that distro till around 2005? I think the last version I had installed was Mandriva 2006.