BadibulgatorDec 24
Dgar
Dec 22 at 11:39pmWeb
Show threadPeace is Not A Fable Dec 22
@dgar
😄 😂
Show threadThe Book of KelsDec 23

@dgar

The implication that Vista was an improvement on 98 and XP is....questionable.

As we said back in the day, "Friends don't let friends contemplate Vistas".

Show threadDgarDec 23

@Nezchan
I thought the implication was that it got worse….

No flower box, curtains hanging at wrong level, shutters that don’t shut, brutalist concrete wall…

Show threadFrigid Crystal Tormented WrathDec 23

@dgar @Nezchan

yeah same it doesn't look as nice

Show threadJohnnieMacDec 23
@dgar Really building anticipation for Win 12…
Show threadDgarDec 23
@JohnnieMac 😂
Show threadСЫНЧЕЛОВЕЧЕСКИЙDec 23
@dgar 👍
Show threadran makDec 23
@dgar @Viss you left one out
Show threadDgarDec 23
@ranvel @Viss 🤣
Show threadaburka 🫣Dec 23
@ranvel @dgar @Viss Windows ME
Show threadbobertDec 23
@ranvel @dgar @Viss The cursor had a drop shadow!
Show threadSky, Cozy Goth Prince of CatsDec 23
@dgar Just realized that if one wanted to make an alternate-timeline desktop screen for a game they should make it say Windows 9
Show threadSu_GDec 23
@dgar
Wonderful! Ah… Win7… they don’t make ‘em like that any more… (sadly) 😢
Show threadDgarDec 23

@Su_G

Microsoft Windows XP Professional 64-bit Edition

This was the finest version of Windows that Microsoft ever produced.

It should be made clear that I’m not saying it was a good operating system, only that it was the best Microsoft ever made.

Show thread`Da ElfDec 23

@dgar @Su_G Windows NT 4 worked really good if you had Workstation hardware. I ran NT4AS (because it had the "good TCP and networking stuff".

I really liked Win7, and so did everyone else, and Microsoft immediately knew they had WinXP redeux on their hands and nobody would upgrade away so the shoved 8 up everyone's ass, like it or not.

Show threadSu_GDec 23
@elfin @dgar
That behaviour sounds vaguely familiar… 🤔 [irony]
Show threadjoy larkin 🌺✨Dec 23

@dgar

Uhh... I take great offense to his meme as Windows 95, Windows NT, and Windows 2000 are missing. How the heck could someone totally miss Windows 95?!?!

Show thread🐜Dec 23
@dgar what about 1 & 2?
Show thread`Da ElfDec 23
@dgar Literally laughed out loud scaring half the people around me.
Show threadArtёmDec 23
@dgar it-always-has-been.jpg, you just loved the cell.
Show threadAriaflameDec 23
@dgar Heh, no way Vista should look that nice.
Show threadSearge Dec 23
@dgar win 11 is this:
https://i0.wp.com/www.badchix.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/seen-on-badchix-home-alone-facts-you-might-not-know-ya-filthy-animal-09.gif?resize=750%2C402
Show threadDimaDec 23
@dgar проприетарное ПО на любом своём этапе - тюрьма.
Show threadDgarDec 23
@Dima812 👍
Show threadReiner Jung 🇬🇱 🇺🇦 🇪🇺Dec 23
@dgar instead you could have had Tux. He can eat fish like no one and drive the kart better than Mario.
Show threadJohn Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺Dec 23

@dgar

Windows 3.1 was the last version of Microsoft Windows with decent online help. (It was based on RTF, before Win 95 tried to force everyone to use Internet Explorer and they had their asses handed to them in court when arguing that it was an integral part of Windows.) It added extensions for multimedia and 3.11 introduced network workgroups.

Windows XP (Windows 5) fixed some issues with timing and multitasking.

Windows 7 was still usable, but really bodged the transition to IPv6.

The rest was just window dressing (cosplay, trying to look like a proper operating system.)

Show threadsoup2nutsDec 23
@dgar #linux
Show threadƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞDec 23
@dgar
It all went wrong at 3.11 when they added a TCP stack.
Show threadDave SmegDec 23
@dgar
XP SP2 was the best.
Simple for the novice, yet powerful enough for the expert user also.
Show threadDgarDec 23
@daveSmeg XP Pro 64-bit Edition got a SP3! 🤣
Show threadDave SmegDec 23
@dgar
I never had a 64bit CPU until I upgraded to WIN7. Very flash, but felt like it was just XP in new clothes.
Show threadghostdancerDec 23
@daveSmeg XP was like 2000 on Friday free of office dress code. @dgar
Show threadAnthropyDec 23

@dgar Windows 7 was the last true Windows IMHO, after that they clearly stopped caring about what customers think and doing things purely because shareholders demanded it.

Windows 8 with its full screen start menu AND them EXPLICITLY removing any hacks that allowed you to get the old start menu back, was for me the signal that Windows was dead, and it's when I switched over to Linux fulltime. It was rough for a bit especially back in 2012, but I definitely do not regret my switchover.

Show threadJaime HerazoDec 23
@dgar
This gives WAY too high a credit to Vista 😂
Show threadda_habakukDec 23
@dgar @mathieui where is win95?
Show threadDgarDec 24

@da_habakuk @mathieui

Inside Win98?

Show threadda_habakukDec 24
@dgar @mathieui nooo! ;) active desktop would eat it alive
Show threadVioletBackpackDec 24
@dgar weird. 9 is when I flipped the table and switched to #linux
Show threadDgarDec 24

@VioletBackpack 😂🤣

I bought Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition retail on the day of release.

Two weeks later, I ordered a Mac.
#DgarLore

Show threadJean-Luc 🚲🗺️🍻🔧Dec 25

@dgar

Pour le dernier, j'ai la clé : GNU/Linux !