Quite possibly the geekiest entry I've ever written

[jaala]

One can get distracted by (and be nostalgic about) the strangest things...

A rough pictorial representation of my Operating System history:

http://www.tbm.tudelft.nl/webstaf/gertjanl/hcc2003_img_large/pcdos110.gif
http://toastytech.com/guis/geos12welcome.gif
http://toastytech.com/guis/geos12adv.gif
http://toastytech.com/guis/win203misc.gif
http://www.hampa.ch/pce/screenshots/pce-geos1.png
http://www.geocities.com/originalravinray/geos/geos20.gif
http://www.100megspopup.com/redawa/Graphics/IconIIIb.jpg (in school, reluctantly)
http://www.guidebookgallery.org/pics/gui/startupshutdown/splash/gwe2-2-1.png
http://toastytech.com/guis/os220games.png
http://toastytech.com/guis/os24_webex.gif
http://toastytech.com/guis/win30help.gif
http://toastytech.com/guis/win30paint.gif
http://toastytech.com/guis/win95startmenu.gif
http://toastytech.com/guis/win98calc.gif
http://toastytech.com/guis/mac11deskicons.gif
http://toastytech.com/guis/macos9folders.png
[Windows 2000]
http://toastytech.com/guis/macos9network-browser.gif
http://toastytech.com/guis/opensteptoolbar.png
http://toastytech.com/guis/osxfolders.jpg
[insert typical Windows XP photo here]
[have used Debian on other people's computers]
[have used KDE on university kiosk machines but that doesn't really count]
[something else to come, I hope]

I may have also used an ancient Commodore 64 or something similar in Family Studies class.

And to think this all started with looking for a form of Linux I could install on an old and slow (and therefore cheap to purchase) computer.

Comments

[dave-t-lurker.livejournal.com]

Are you likely to be on IRC later so we can sort the gallery install ?