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arkhtoday at 9:23 AM1 replyview on HN

Reminds me how windows 98 allowed using a HTML page as background. Said HTML could include videos.


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somattoday at 11:44 AM

And then there is X11, whatever program you want can be set to the root window.

Anyhow, on topic, that windows 98 active desktop was the most unstable part of an already shaky OS. First thing to turn off when installing a new system. I mean, it would still crash if you looked at it wrong. But at least it was not dying for the fun of it anymore.

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