your KDE (screenshots)

[MoonRise]

Well, received a laptop in poor shape and repaired it some. Nice play device. Not much Hardrive space but oh well.

Decided to try to retro modernize based on a distribution no longer around. Icon set is Buuf but thought it worked well here.

[dequire]

Very cool looking, Moon! What will the computer be used for?

[MoonRise]

probably just mostly rat work. I had a time getting this system up and going as it wasn't taken well care of. Seems to some weird going ons with the MB. Intermittent errors produced. I just wanted to see if I could get it going again. Just having fun. Yes, fun. I know that seems odd repairing and refurbishing is fun but it is.

[GreyGeek]

Well, received a laptop in poor shape and repaired it some. Nice play device. Not much Hardrive space but oh well.

Decided to try to retro modernize based on a distribution no longer around. Icon set is Buuf but thought it worked well here.

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SWEET!
I love those icons! That's what I miss from KDE 3.x

[Beerislife]

Taxiing for takeoff at Nakhon Nayok Thanawana. Started using X-Plane screenshots as wallpapers...

[GreyGeek]

Nice!
X-Plane is a great app but lacks "seat of the pants" reality. I had a pilot license (single engine, land) and flew for business purposes. Flying as PIC gives one a sense of freedom that cannot be experienced by any other means. Being able to defy gravity and move in any of three dimensions at will is an awesome feeling. My oldest grandson purchased MS's Flight Sim and also had a yoke and foot peddles attached to his desktop tower (this was 10-15 years ago). It misses the sounds (rush of the air passed the fuselage, the vibration of the engine and airframe, and the feeling in the seat of your pants when you input controls to the yoke, peddles and throttle. My grandson's setup didn't mimic those feelings. Flight Safety has a 3D sim in Wichita KS, that rides on hydrolics, which shakes the cabin around and mimics flight sensations. Looking through the front windows one cand see the night lights of Wichata in sharp detail. It really creates an almost 100% realistic flight environment. Flying at night at 10,000 feet is like being in space. I miss flying.

[Beerislife]

One regret is never learning to fly. Cost was prohibitive for me in my home country and it would probably be much worse where I am now. X-Plane is as near as I can get and it has served me well since the pandemic started!

I can't wait till this is all over and I can jump on a plane and fly somewhere nice! (Taipei, Hong Kong and Thailand) I still have a British Airways coupon for a cancelled flight last year which I might use to fly down to Osaka for a day return or overnight trip now the weather is improving!

This particular Spitfire Mk.1 Reg P9444 is on display at the Science Museum in London.

[GreyGeek]

I had my own consulting business, an LLC, and I wrote my flight training off as a business expense, or I could never have afforded it either.
The training cost about $2K, and the aircraft rental was $40/hr wet for the 172 Skyhawk, and $80/hr wet for the Centurion 206 Turbo, tax deductible, just like my car was. With my time and payload factored in the 206 wasn't too much more expensive to operate than the 172. The retractable gear, variable pitch prop and 3 axis autopilot made flying a joy. Keeping the 172 trimmed was a constant job. With the autopilot on the 206 I'd just set way points to my destination and engage the autopilot shortly after takeoff.

Through the entire duration of my days as a licensed pilot I took only one "joy" ride, and that was to give me wife her first airplane ride. She was/is deathly afraid of flying but I managed to talk her into flying once around the patch. While circling the airport in its landing pattern she kept her head down and would not look out the window. She never flew again until we flew commercially to Florida Disneyland to celebrate our retirements.

[Don B. Cilly]

I was handed the stick of a glider at 14 (it had double controls). Whoosh :-)
I'll never forget it. I really wish I could have flown planes.
But then, I drove sailboats most of my life instead - for a living - I guess :-/ it's the next best thing...

I'll post a KDE screenshot of mine to "redress the offtopic", shall I :-)

[MoonRise]

Wish I could get the below Window Decoration from KDE3 into KDE5! Then I'd really be happy!

[oshunluvr]

Wish I could get the below Window Decoration from KDE3 into KDE5! Then I'd really be happy!

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LOL, OK it's laying there so I gotta take the bait - some people just hate change.

[Beerislife]

I'd like to get mine looking like this 😎

[Beerislife]

Cessna 172 1966 model departing misty Kai Tak Airport Hong Kong (Closed ages ago) I only took off/landed there a couple of times around 1981...

[TWPonKubuntu]

OS/2 Warp! Yes, Yes, Yes! I remember it well. Then IBM threw us under the bus...

[Beerislife]

OS/2 Warp! Yes, Yes, Yes! I remember it well. Then IBM threw us under the bus...

Blame the evil empire (MS) for that! PC makers who offered another OS pre-installed faced hefty licence charges for Windows. Hitachi tried re-installing BeOS for a while here. That didn't last long either. OS/2 was far superior to Windows but at the time IBM were still in the PC business and needed to compete, so...