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[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 45 points 1 month ago (2 children)

To be fair, windows shat itself 20 years ago too. That was around the time Windows Vista released.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Every other version as a farce.

[–] bobs_guns@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I still think 7 was the last good version.

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] bobs_guns@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] MayoPete@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago
[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

Windows Bob did seem pretty cool at the time though. chomsky-yes-honey

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago

#NT4ServicePack5Gang

[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I still think XP was the last good Windows. But that's probably because I never really used 7, 8 really sucked, 10 wasn't great, and 11 is, well, if you know you know.

Did you know that themes for several popular Linux DEs exist to make them look like old versions of Windows? And there's collections of all the classic Windows XP system sounds online, that can be a very easy drop in replacement if your distro/DE has a graphical settings tool for that? I know that can encourage bad habits and treating Linux like Windows, but I think it's neat. It's definitely the system sounds that really make it complete, at least for me.

[–] Mindfury@hexbear.net 23 points 1 month ago

reminder that the game in question required Games for Windows Live