Gates of Hormuz

For years, even decades, virtually everyone in the United States had the same phone. Nobody really thought about it, it didn't even matter what it was called - it was just The Phone. Well, The Phone was called the Western Electric 500, and when landline phones ruled the world, the Western Electric 500 ruled the landlines. It was so ubiquitous for so long that even if you've never touched a landline, you've encountered the 500. The Phone app on your iPhone? Looks like a 500. On this episode of Version History, we tell the story of the Western Electric 500, and the deeply strange world it came to represent. David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and pro … Read the full story at The Verge.

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This Debian-based distro brings back the old-school desktop environment but shrugs off the boring UI. It's still missing some features, though.

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This Debian-based distro brings back the old-school desktop environment but shrugs off the boring UI. It's still missing some features, though.

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