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submitted 11 months ago by thenewred@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml

I don't know why I even bother opening the settings app

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[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months ago

Windows had 3 peaks. 95, xp, and 7.

Now I just use Linux. I know not everyone can, but for everything I do or need to do it all works just fine there so I couldn't be happier.

[-] uncertainty@lemmy.nz 6 points 11 months ago

My favourite Windows is still 2000.

[-] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago

Isn't that the one you could get to BSOD with a single ping?

[-] uncertainty@lemmy.nz 3 points 11 months ago

Do you mean the ping of death? That was pretty cross-platform and a bit earlier https://insecure.org/sploits/ping-o-death.html

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

No, the last version of my that was vulnerable was 3.5.1 2000 was better than xp for a year after XP came out. You couldn't even boot XP on a driver bigger than 128GB where 2000 had that bug already patched.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 6 points 11 months ago

Everyone can, really. It's not 2002 anymore. Linux has been ready for prime time for some time now. All it lacks is critical mass.

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I mean people with tight corporate requirements cannot. Certain headaches with security designations, not all software works great in Linux, even though most do.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 11 months ago

My point is there's no required savvyness like it used to a couple decades ago.

A corporation is arguably best positioned to make the transition. The one I work at has all their administrative systems as cloud apps. The few production systems that run native can be run in a Citrix or RDP environment. Even now, with user stations running Windows, these systems are accessed through RDP for... reasons anyway.

[-] _dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz 4 points 11 months ago

Windows ME is life, only second to Windows Vista.

[-] cophater69@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Don't forget to combine the powers of windows CE windows ME and windows NT~!

[-] words_number@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago

Yes, XP was pretty great too! Can't say much about 95, we switched from DOS directly to 98 back then, which crashed all the time. I heard good things about 98SE though.

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 11 months ago

My memory is 98 was more stable than 95 but I was also quite young at the time so I wouldn't trust my memory that far back

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