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One of the current core contributors had some interesting things to say about the change in project leadership, politics, etc.

I thought a bit about using one of the alternative OS of the early 00s (sadly OsDev seems rather dead these days). Namely AtheOS, Syllable or maybe even one of the assembly based ones (e.g. MenuetOS). But decided against it, as that woudld mean spending the challenge *setting up* an environment, not...

I've talked about "going '94" in the other thread, picking an operating systems from 30 years ago. And my first pick would've been OS/2 Warp 3. Now, as it turns out, that version is rather peculiar about the hardware it supports. I've basically got two systems that would even be candidates...

I'm a bit torn when it comes to mobile devices, as I've still got some resentment against laptops and their ilk – way worse when it comes to planned obsolescence and polluting batteries. And often the ability to work from anywhere quickly turns into the duty to work from anywhere… On the other hand,...

How was it for the rest of you in the past years, did you deviate a lot then? I quite liked that the last year set a rather low bar of entry, gave me the chance to fiddle with some semi-recent thin clients for a bit, instead of going all out for something from last century. So, technically speaking,...