• flameleaf@ani.social
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    17 hours ago

    XP was alright, but I’m mostly just nostalgic for the aesthetic of 95/98/2000

    Vista was the reason I switched to Linux

    • Holytimes@sh.itjust.works
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      36 minutes ago

      The worse part of vista wasn’t even that it looked awful or ran awful. Personal perfence not with standing.

      It was just 3 years too early and hardware fucking sucked. Drivers went standardized and everything was too weak.

      Going back to vista years after the fact show it was actually really solid.

      Probably the last time Microsoft was ever ahead of the curve in terms of design. Vista then 7 were great design wise, then it was only down hill since.

    • dissentiate@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      17 hours ago

      This was the same era when I tried to switch, due to the shittiness of Vista. I wanna say it was Mandrake Linux was what I was trying to use, but I couldn’t get it running correctly on my hardware.

      Came back some time later and discovered Mepis Linux. After that, I never went back.