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Re:Hotline for Modern Apple Systems by mikae1 on Saturday February 08, 2025 @02:31AM (#42981197)
> being Mac-only

I was an avid Hotline user at the time and connected via Windows. Was there third party clients? Vague memories...

Today I'm on Linux and just found out there's a FOSS Qt client updated just hours ago... https://github.com/tjohnman/Obsession

Re:Hotline for Modern Apple Systems by Washuu on Saturday February 08, 2025 @03:56AM (#42981559)
> I was an avid Hotline user at the time and connected via Windows. Was there third party clients? Vague memories...

I have a copy of all the official Hotline Windows releases in my archive somewhere. I don't know why, but finding the server software for Windows back when it released was so incredibly difficult. It felt like it was being gatekept.

Re:Hotline for Modern Apple Systems by amatecha on Saturday February 08, 2025 @02:36AM (#42981220)
Hotline got official Windows clients after a year or so! I remember feeling a bit salty that our insular club suddenly had _intruders_ hahaha :) but yeah and around that time people started reverse-engineering the protocol (since it was plaintext) and a linux/BSD client "hx" was written. There are many unofficial clients: https://preterhuman.net/gethotlinekdx.php

Wow I didn't know Obsession was still being updated, that's awesome! thanks for letting me know lol

Re:Hotline for Modern Apple Systems by efnx on Saturday February 08, 2025 @01:29PM (#42985002)
Not that I remember. But there was a Mac clone called Carracho, and a little later there was a cross platform clone called KDX made by Haxial. Those were the days.
Re:Hotline for Modern Apple Systems by jarcoal on Saturday February 08, 2025 @10:42PM (#42988270)
Wow this triggered some neural pathways I forgot I had.

I remember using both of those clients.