Sinclair-Speccy@fedia.io to Linux@lemmy.ml · 6 months agoDemoLinux 1.1 for Mandrake 6.1, 1999fedia.ioimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1208arrow-down15cross-posted to: nostalgia@lemmy.ca
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minus-squareqjkxbmwvz@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up19·6 months agoMultiple desktops, 1999. What an amazing feature. A quick web search suggests that macOS (then OS X) got this in 2007 (“Spaces”), and Windows not until 2015. This alone makes this GUI more functional IMHO.
minus-squareXTLlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-26 months agoMost Unix systems had it in CDE, 1993. Most also had it in whatever came before. The first platform to implement multiple desktop display as a hardware feature was Amiga 1000, released in 1985. The first implementation of virtual desktops for Unix was vtwm in 1990. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_desktop It had been the expected default for pretty much an entire decade. Also X often supported a different size viewport and desktop so the view would scroll. Not sure if anyone really liked using that.
minus-squareqjkxbmwvz@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 months ago Also X often supported a different size viewport and desktop so the view would scroll. I remember encountering that the first time I used Linux! Can’t recall personally finding a good use for it but…neat I guess?
Multiple desktops, 1999. What an amazing feature.
A quick web search suggests that macOS (then OS X) got this in 2007 (“Spaces”), and Windows not until 2015.
This alone makes this GUI more functional IMHO.
Most Unix systems had it in CDE, 1993. Most also had it in whatever came before.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_desktop
It had been the expected default for pretty much an entire decade. Also X often supported a different size viewport and desktop so the view would scroll. Not sure if anyone really liked using that.
I remember encountering that the first time I used Linux! Can’t recall personally finding a good use for it but…neat I guess?