• @marcos
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      It peaked somewhere between 2000 and 7. Personally, I place it in XP, but opinions vary.

      • @dufkm
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        12 hours ago

        I run Debian at home because “Microsoft evil”, but I kinda think the Windows 10 image we use at work is alright. I work at a Forbes 500 company with a huuuge IT department, so I’m guessing they’ve done well at setting up group policies or something to make a de-cluttered experience for us. At least I never see any ads or Bing bullshit, and the Start menu works like I expect from ye old days. I could never make W10 work just as sleek at home, so I gave up and moved to Linux.

        That said, most developers here still use a local Linux VM for actual developing lol.

      • Rhaedas
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        98SE, XP, and 7 each were relatively solid for their time. They all had issues, but were far better at being an OS than what we have now or are trying to be sold to constantly upgrade to.

        • @[email protected]
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          19 hours ago

          React OS is awesome, and I need it to run stable on some metal.

          And also play WoW, because I don’t trust linux to run whatever copy-protection crap is on there and not brick my account through no fault of its own.

          • Possibly linux
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            18 hours ago

            Just keep in mind is unstable and not secure

            Fun to play with. Just don’t use it for critical stuff

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      Has there ever been a good version of Windows? Old versions were functional but terribly insecure and newer versions are reasonably secure but cloud connected ad platforms.

      Windows 10 is probably the middle ground although the newer versions come with the same anti features Windows 11 has

      • @[email protected]
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        Good question. I will say W7 because W10 necessitated an SSD to stay performant, so bloat and bullshit got rolled into W10

    • wander1236
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      It’s true. Add scrolling of non-focused windows and it’s unbeatable.

      • @Ziglin
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        Thats the version I’ve seen people experience the most issues with relative to the time they’ve used it.