What y'all talking about?
Windows 2000 wasn't bad.
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That was probably my favorite version. Itβs when the integrated the NT kernel into the regular consumer desktop windows iirc, which led to XP.
It did the job pretty well. And Iβm sure even Windows 11 is good enough for most. But these days using even windows 10 after being used to Linux is painful.
I would say right up to about Windows 7. Then the enshittification started.
BTW, I have no idea how to spell enshittification.
You spelled it correctly. The image macro missed a T.
I think its just become inconveniently bad now lol
Yes, yes it has.
@drq @linuxmemes Even nt5.0 was shit, but it's interface was really good. Later microsoft lost interface consistency. First is enabled/disabled visual styles, and second it dotnet interfaces, looking completely different This is enshitification :)
Haven't cared for any version of Windows, going back before 3.0 .
If it was always shit, it wouldn't be so popular.
@Honytawk Billions of flies can't be just wrong, can they.
@drq This sort of flippant fanboyism never helped anything.
Myself I think this is one of those things that really stall FOSS as it just dismisses both competition and coexistence.
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I liked Windows 97.
Pretty much, in short. But it used to be far less shitty
I wouldn't call it shit. However, the design limitations of Windows have always been there. At least with Windows 10/11 the OS is way more solid than it was.
Makes sense, you want your spying software more robust than something unimportant like an OS.
Windows XP came with telemetry as well. Realistically Windows is not any worse than Chrome OS or Mac OS.
If you want privacy you need Linux
3.1, 98Se, xp, and earlier windows 10 was all pretty sweet.