It’s Saturday! Which means we get to talk about the most awesome-est news stories of the week. The nerdy stuff. But, more importantly, the fun nerdy stuff. Alternative OS’s, Linux, retro computing, and the like.
It’s wild to think that both GNOME and Debian are over a quarter of a century old at this point. Even wilder to think that I’ve been using both for almost as long.
Happy birthday to both projects!
Just for kicks, here’s an article from The Linux Journal — published back in the year 2000 (22 years ago, when GNOME was just 3 years old) — on the “State and Future of GNOME”. Fascinating to see how much has changed since then.
Apple I prototype sells for $677,196
Holy smokes! This 1976 prototype board for the Apple I just sold, at auction, for $677 thousand smack-a-roonies. The buyer wished to remain anonymous.
“Nobody must know I own this piece of computing history! It must remain my secret! Mwahahaha” - The buyer, probably
Man Hero hacks John Deere tractor to run DOOM
Most of you will probably already have seen this… but I’m including it here. Because it is simply too much fun.
A man (known as “SickCodes” has hacked a John Deere tractor computer… and loaded it up with a modified version of DOOM… which has a tractor riding / corn farming theme. Which is adorable.
