sanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoHow Valve's desperation to escape Windows 8 turned it into a Linux powerhousewww.xda-developers.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1162cross-posted to: linux@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1162external-linkHow Valve's desperation to escape Windows 8 turned it into a Linux powerhousewww.xda-developers.comsanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: linux@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoIf memory serves me correctly, Windows 8.1 introduced the right-click-on-start menu, arguably the best Windows start menu there ever was.
minus-squarethatKamGuy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoMy memory of that time is getting foggy, but true - 8.1 definitely brought in a number of fixes to Microsoft’s initial, abominable Metro UI design.
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoThe start menu was the beginning of the atrocious thing we have today, but right click on it, and you got a quick access menu to everything from a terminal shell to settings to actual shutdown options. It still exists in some form today.
If memory serves me correctly, Windows 8.1 introduced the right-click-on-start menu, arguably the best Windows start menu there ever was.
My memory of that time is getting foggy, but true - 8.1 definitely brought in a number of fixes to Microsoft’s initial, abominable Metro UI design.
The start menu was the beginning of the atrocious thing we have today, but right click on it, and you got a quick access menu to everything from a terminal shell to settings to actual shutdown options. It still exists in some form today.