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Not all reddit alt history is bad (hexbear.net)

submitted 6 months ago by HarryLime@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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[-] AFineWayToDie@hexbear.net 27 points 6 months ago

I love the Windows 95 aesthetic. Yeah, it looks old and janky. But you KNOW it works and won't pull some bullshit update on you or harvest your data.

[-] PorkrollPosadist@hexbear.net 45 points 6 months ago

But you KNOW it works

:wut:

[-] flan@hexbear.net 40 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

haha zoomers think windows 95 worked

but maybe this is windows 2000 that actually did work pretty well.

[-] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 22 points 6 months ago

It's Windows 2000. The recycle bin is a dead giveaway since Windows 95/98's recycle bin is more angular.

[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 5 points 6 months ago

THIS PROGRAM HAS PERFORMED AN ILLEGAL OPERATION AND WILL BE ~~SHUT DOWN~~ SENT TO GULAG.

[-] AnarchoTankie@hexbear.net 18 points 6 months ago

Windows 7 was the last good windows. Windows XP was probably the best, but I guess I like 7's aesthetics a tiny bit more. Under Micro$oft's totalitarian Windows XP regime, I always disabled what I called Fisher Price Mode, which means that I used the Windows 95/98/2000 theme instead of the default theme that made the computer UI look like it was designed for toddlers.