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Before your change to Linux (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What was the last version of Windows you used before hopping on over? This includes the Linux greybeards too.

I was on Win10 but moved over as the end of life cycle is drawing near and I do not like Win11 at all.

Another thing for this change was the forced bloody updates, bro I just wanna shut down my PC and go to bed, if I wanna update it, I'll do it on a Saturday morning with my coffee or something.

Lastly, all the bloat crap they chuck in on there that most users don't really need. I think the only thing I kept was the weather program.

So what's your reasoning for the change to the reliable and funni penguin OS?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Windows 98 second edition By then i was bored with windows and a friend told me about Linux and i haven't looked back.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Serious question how do you get bored of Windows during its heyday?

My first experience with Linux was Ubuntu 4.10 and it seemed super cool and all but I could've never switched fully during those days. And if we're honest most legit Linux users up until not too long ago were forced to have a dual boot setup because so many things just hadn't been universalized yet.

So just to illustrate where I'm coming from asking that question, my first personal computer (as opposed to family PC) ran XP and that was a pretty exciting time when it comes to market dominance and all the advantages that came with being a user of the biggest platform. Looking back I just don't see how I could've ever made that switch in the noughties let alone the 90s. The adoption just wasn't there yet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Windows 98SE for me too. I wanted to escape XP hell, so I stayed on 98SE until 2005 when I switched to linux.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

i want to also help represent the 98 crowd here.

technically it was windows me in my situation; but it might as well have been called windows 98 third edition.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Not having DOS-Mode anymore must've been a bummer though.