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What was your first experience using Linux? How old were you? Stick around or did you go back to windows before eventually circling back to Linux? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] zitronen@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

1993 or so with some Slackware CDs, i bought, because I had no internet back then. Took ages to compile, and never got past the black x on the checkered background when I tried to startx. Console worked nicely though and I loved the bash (?) experience with command history and all that. However, no games, very little software, and I didn't program back than. It took quite some time to be able to use those things productively as a user.

from a user perspective do you prefer material design 3, GNOME style guidelines or any other style guidelines? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] zitronen@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

Personally, I am very happy with GNOME's design decisions. Most beautiful UI out there!

TIL many US companies in the late 1800s-1938 would pay their employees in company scrip, a currency issued by the employer and can only be used in company owned stores where they upcharged exorbita... in c/til@lemmy.world

[–] zitronen@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, you're totally right.

TIL many US companies in the late 1800s-1938 would pay their employees in company scrip, a currency issued by the employer and can only be used in company owned stores where they upcharged exorbita... in c/til@lemmy.world

[–] zitronen@feddit.de -2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If you learned that today, you must have been living under a very cosy rock of blissful ignorance. This scheme is still in use even now in a wide array of poorer countries.