I skipped XP entirely on account of its cartoonish interface, jumping direct to Vista when programs started dropping Win2K support.
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LWD@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Bringing back nostalgia for one even the bad versions of Windows weren’t as bad as they are now.
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 day ago
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 1 day ago
You skipped, arguably, the best version of windows. I stayed on 98se as long as I could, until the custom black themes came out. They made it much less cartoony.
Here’s one I used (screenshot from the interwebs):
bownage@beehaw.org 1 day ago
The black themes went so hard. I miss XP
lnxtx@feddit.nl 2 days ago
Or PTSD.