2026-06-22 19:27 UTC
@sohrab@mastodon.bsd.cafe I remember using (and writing programs for) it on various UNIX workstations back in the 90s, but it never felt a patch on earlier, pre X11 window managers that (for example) Apollo and Sun had in the mid to late 1980s. I never grew to love CDE, but it did have the advantage of being very standard across multiple hardware platforms and vendors, making support far easier.
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@fedops@fosstodon.org 2026-06-22 20:05
@psychotimmy@oldbytes.space same. I was that Unix admin in 1996 and my god was CDE a giant step backwards from OpenWindows. Plus bloated slow and ugly. I guess time heals many wounds. @sohrab@mastodon.bsd.cafe