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minus-squarePowderhorn@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoI skipped XP entirely on account of its cartoonish interface, jumping direct to Vista when programs started dropping Win2K support.
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 months agoYou 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):
minus-square🐝bownage [they/he]@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoThe black themes went so hard. I miss XP
minus-squareElectricMachman@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoEven without that, there was still full support for classic 95-style themes, even if they were a bit of a pfaff to put together.
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIndeed! And I used those a few times on friends’ computers and told them they I “upgraded” them back to 95. It was so funny
I skipped XP entirely on account of its cartoonish interface, jumping direct to Vista when programs started dropping Win2K support.
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):
The black themes went so hard. I miss XP
Even without that, there was still full support for classic 95-style themes, even if they were a bit of a pfaff to put together.
Indeed! And I used those a few times on friends’ computers and told them they I “upgraded” them back to 95. It was so funny