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Archive of old linux/unix tiled wallpapers? (lemmy.sdf.org)
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Not so much a post, but more of a request. Is there a proper archive somewhere of 90s tiled wallpapers for older distros? Think like, old CDE style stuff.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I've yet to find any indication there is a proper archive.

So I've started a project of hunting down isos for mid-90s releases of popular distros. I'm then scouring their contents, finding RPMs that have wallpapers, and extracting them.

If there's any interest, I will dump them and share.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Yes please, I love 90s tiling wallpapers!

[–] KISSmyOSFeddit 3 points 3 months ago

Yes, please! I've actually been looking for that!

[–] turbowafflz 5 points 3 months ago

Not exactly an archive, but there are a ton included in NsCDE https://github.com/NsCDE/NsCDE/tree/master/data/backdrops

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

There are some xpm/xbm tiles included in the current (2.5.2) CDE source code on https://sourceforge.net/projects/cdesktopenv/. The NsCDE list is nice!