Genuine question I keep coming back to: if your favourite old OS had never been discontinued and just kept getting developed normally by their OG devs with proper modern hardware support, security patches and so on, which one would you actually want to daily drive today?

For me it's a tossup between Windows XP and Windows 7. I used both of them a lot when I was younger and honestly they felt basically the same to me at the time, but Windows 7 always seemed a bit easier to navigate.

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Ein bißchen Nostalgie zum Wochenende 😊

Das Windows XP habe ich gestern mit nLite angepasst und heute auf dem Thinkpad installiert.

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Explore Wikipedia Like a Windows XP Desktop

https://explorer.samismith.com/

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You know what computers are missing?Screensavers!

Before computer monitor technology become better, an animation would play on the screen to prevent burn-ins.

I really liked the one with the aquarium. I would stare at it when the computer went to sleep.

#babyfur thoughts #windowsxp

https://youtu.be/-O35SEjk8r4?si=dn4bv7frBXTNxcXe

Yes! Ich konnte mir für meine Retro-Sammlung jetzt auch eine eigene Bonus-CD der GameStar 03/05 sichern. Bisschen zerkratzt, aber 2026 nimmt man ja, was man bekommen kann. Soweit ich weiß, war das hier der letzte physische Release des "Dirty Little Helper '98", bevor das Programm im Jahr danach endgültig eingestellt wurde.

Hier gibt's das ISO: https://archive.org/details/gamestar_0305-bonus

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New video day! I've been spending some time with the Sony Vaio VGN-TX3XP. a 20-year-old carbon fiber ultra-portable that still puts some modern "thin and lights" to shame.

I tried modern 32-bit Linux (#antix), but ultimately decided to return it to its Windows XP glory.

Watch the teardown and setup here:
https://youtu.be/DR2uSzE6uus

or on

#PeerTube: https://tube.devwithzachary.com/w/n1NiAxBEWZj46H6qgtcD4t

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My "New" Favourite Windows XP Laptop: Sony Vaio VGN-TX3XP Review

https://tube.devwithzachary.com/w/n1NiAxBEWZj46H6qgtcD4t