Zuckerberg’s Old-School Desktop

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What it means

A dated computer desktop shows Emacs, a web browser, and image files, evoking Mark Zuckerberg’s early programming environment in The Social Network. The joke is that the future tech billionaire is portrayed using extremely old-school tools such as KDE 3, Mozilla, and Emacs, making his beginnings look humble and retro. EN: A dated computer desktop shows Emacs, a web browser, and image files, evoking Mark Zuckerberg’s early programming environment in The Social Network. The joke is that the future tech billionaire is portrayed using extremely old-school tools such as KDE 3, Mozilla, and Emacs, making his beginnings look humble and retro.

Who

Mark Zuckerberg (Марк Цукерберг) — The Social Network

Objects

computer desktop / рабочий стол компьютера Emacs editor / редактор Emacs web browser / веб-браузер code window / окно с кодом image file thumbnails / миниатюры файлов изображений blue window borders / синие границы окон desktop icons / значки рабочего стола file manager / файловый менеджер text document / текстовый документ