Did they recently update the design? I don't remember it looking this good. The dark mode is of the type I like (it's not too black! Unlike Github's) and the light mode is quite close to Github's design and thus familiar, but cleaner, less clutter, I think friendlier. And with nice touches like how the codeberg logo integrates into the header bar. There is a prominent rss feed button! Github doesn't event link one in the head (I think, the head is stuffed, at least my browser does not pick it up). The design not perfect (in dark mode the header should change to a darker color, like their docs page does, and the contrast between the two backgrounds colors is jarringly small, that needs a divider) but still, now I want to switch. It also loads so much faster. Having such a cool project hosted there helps as well.

Perhaps codeberg replaces github one day. Microsoft really should take things more seriously than they do right now. AI slop made them very lazy.

Is it just me or do GitHub repos on on the main repo page on mobile not show stars???

Didn't mainline Linux drop i386 in like 2012? Wild it still functions tbh

I’m curious, are you running i386 devices or more philosophically opposed to deprecation?

Purely human created software will be boutique soon vs unusable AI slop :(

We need a humans.txt standard

On the contrary, this is performative.

I've been in the media space, so I've seen artists do this for years now.

It's fucking bullshit. It's like handmade goods (some of which turned out to be sweatshop produced anyway).

At the end of the day all code is ephemeral. It provides value in the here and now. It doesn't doesn't last forever.

Make the thing do the thing and stop worrying about how it was made. None of your code will be around in 200 years.

It sadly continues the same abuse of English that's present in more modern Windows.

The word order makes it seems that it's a "Windows subsystem," rather than a "subsystem for Linux," that just happens to be in Windows.

If English used more word cases, Microsoft's unusual choice of word order probably would have been acceptable. But probably, some half-wit VP/PM decided that everything Windows must start with the word "Windows," and here me are.

Even "Windows Linux Subsystem" would be far more clear, and one word shorter, even if it is ugly.

see Windows Subsystem for Linux and Windows Subsystem for Android.

No, we've been through this. The WSL logic is that it's the Windows Subsystem for [running] Linux.

Because it's a totally awesome and fun challenge? Read the details of the integration!

Hackers gonna hack for the hack of it.

> Could the be a good "mom and pop" OS

Hate to be that guy, but if that's your problem just hand them an iPad or a Chromebook. Unsatisfying, I know, but it's not like my mom is Mrs. Roberts.

A WSL-like for Win9x is mostly just for the lulz.

No.

No one should be running Win9x for anything connected to the internet. Ever, full stop.

The only reason to touch it is for a dedicated retro gaming setup or (completely airgapped) for some industrial tool with drivers/software provided by a company that has been defunct for 25+ years.

One of the best software I ever used as a student

andLinux too?

It’s about as practical as running doom on a microwave.

Windows is closer to a "Just works" for my use cases. I think if you are more into running applications on a PC or writing software not related to the OS, it can be a good choice. Where I would choose linux for servers, multi-user IT style systems etc.

Windows as a product feels that way, but I think if you're a kernel hacker, that's not really true for you. Monolithic kernels for Unix-like operating systems like GNU/Linux aren't fundamentally that innovative either. (There's innovation within Linux, of course.)

I also don't really think computing advances in such a linear way. Lots of cool new tech is about digging up underappreciated insights from computing's distant past and applying it in a new context, or even just propagating it more widely.

I'm not saying Windows 9x in particular had anything super interesting going on. But all of the viable desktop and server operating systems are based on really old tech, and at the same time computing's distant past is full of hidden treasures.

Please don’t put Mustang and Corvette into the same sentence, they are entirely different classes. Mustang is more comparable to Camaro. While not my cup of tea, the latest mid engine Corvette is a true bargain vs other mid engine performance cars. Speaking of tech, I think the Corvette already 20 years ago had heads up display (projection onto the windshield of current speed).

These are all different submitters. HN is supposed to detect duplicate links.

It’s a craft like anything else. Some people enjoy building a table and feel a sense of accomplishment telling their friends “I built this.” Other people just want a table and buy one from Ikea

My question is, if they did decide to use AI someday, would they remember to update README.md in the same commit? I would probably forget.

It's like those labels of protected origin they put on high-quality artisan foods from the EU.