RetroFed Forum

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

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Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)

Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com Joined: 2024-02-18

ummthatguy@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-06-22

saltnotsugar@lemmy.world Joined: 2025-06-04

bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone Joined: 2023-06-20

Fear will keep the local systems in line

gray@lemmy.ml Joined: 2025-07-31

REISUB

dan@upvote.au Joined: 2023-06-14

Those are some real late 2000s hinges on the laptop in the photo.

Fleur_@aussie.zone Joined: 2025-04-23

Flipping the power supply switch makes me feel like Judas

FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi Joined: 2023-06-21

This is the way.

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-06-14

No, you're just reminding the computer who its god is.

Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works Joined: 2023-09-23

Lord I miss the days when a power switch literally broke the electrical circuit within a device. Power switches now are mostly like a suggestion.

Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world Joined: 2024-09-22

It's the computer equivalent of, "That's it, I'm calling your parents" and picking up a phone.

RedSnt@feddit.dk Joined: 2023-06-18

Today I learned something new. Aaand it's disabled by default on Fedora based distros. Weird.

RedSnt@feddit.dk Joined: 2023-06-18

I always imagined it more like smothering with a pillow.

djsaskdja@reddthat.com Joined: 2023-06-10

Bobby B has to be the most underrated king in the ASOIAF universe. Disastrous personal life, but he understood Westeros better than anyone else. Pragmatic, realistic, and stable. Women and alcohol just got the best of him.

LurkingLuddite@piefed.social Joined: 2026-02-04

Not on desktops! Sweet, lovable, unportable (mostly), bulky desktops.

nikosey@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-11-16

it does feel brutal, but it also feels cathartic. when it's spazzing out and just ignoring everything for 5 seconds...30 seconds...1 minute...2 minutes i start feeling like some angry king :"I WILL NOT BE IGNORED BY THE LIKES IF YOU, MACHINE" and i admit i get some vindictive satisfaction from just murdering it then and there.

Psythik@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-12-21

"Shh, no more tears; only dreams now."

Enzy@feddit.nu Joined: 2025-11-09

Start the damn game before I piss meself

Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works Joined: 2023-06-28

Feels good, man.

illi@piefed.social Joined: 2025-06-04

And then bringing it back to life to do your bidding again.

autriyo@feddit.org Joined: 2024-06-26

Only the one on the power supply though...

Back in the day that also was the only power switch. And when the one stuff works I quite like the convenience.

libre_warrior@lemmy.ml Joined: 2021-02-28

KILL, KILL, KILL!!!

FreddiesLantern@leminal.space Joined: 2025-09-19

Aaah gud ol Windows.

lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-06-16

When it starts glitching out:

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)