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I brought my Linux desktop back to Christmas 1993

I love the Christmas season, especially nostalgic callbacks to Christmases past. Up until this year, I'd limited my ...

Was Windows 3.1's infamously garish 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme a joke? I asked the original designer

"The truly funny thing about this color scheme is that all the other Windows 3.1 color schemes are surprisingly rational, ...

Windows 3.1 included a red and yellow 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme so garish it was long assumed to be a joke, so I tracked down Microsoft's original UI designer to ge…

"The truly funny thing about this color scheme is that all the other Windows 3.1 color schemes are surprisingly rational, ...