I ran Linux in 2004, and it was great, but it was such a “second-class citizen” desktop OS. The fact that Unreal Tournament and sequels actually worked on Linux felt amazing because it was such a break from the norm, whereas now gaming on Linux is actually a viable option.
Maybe you could flash the ROM on your phone in 2004, but afaik nowhere near the vibrant community you have now.
And self hosting then kinda meant, “I have an Apache server and IRC daemon listening” (the irony is that the self hosting community is so good now in part because of enshittification).
Programmable microcontrollers — with freely available, to ust IDE+libraries — are literally the price of a nice cup of coffee (3x ESP32 can be had for $14 on Amazon). How cool is that!?
I think there’s a lot of shitty stuff out there, and the shitty stuff probably outnumbers the cool stuff — but there’s world full of really, really cool stuff out there.
It’s not all bad, though!
I ran Linux in 2004, and it was great, but it was such a “second-class citizen” desktop OS. The fact that Unreal Tournament and sequels actually worked on Linux felt amazing because it was such a break from the norm, whereas now gaming on Linux is actually a viable option.
Maybe you could flash the ROM on your phone in 2004, but afaik nowhere near the vibrant community you have now.
And self hosting then kinda meant, “I have an Apache server and IRC daemon listening” (the irony is that the self hosting community is so good now in part because of enshittification).
Programmable microcontrollers — with freely available, to ust IDE+libraries — are literally the price of a nice cup of coffee (3x ESP32 can be had for $14 on Amazon). How cool is that!?
I think there’s a lot of shitty stuff out there, and the shitty stuff probably outnumbers the cool stuff — but there’s world full of really, really cool stuff out there.