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minus-squareIratePirate@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down1·edit-25 days ago the only decent version of Windows Please stop romanticising Win 10 just because it’s less shitty than 11. There is no decent Windows. Reminder: Win 10 introduced mandatory telemetry (you can only choose between some telemetry and firehose telemetry) a built-in keylogger built-in advertising aggressive nag screens containing dark patterns trying to trick users into “upgrading”
minus-squarechunes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoReminder that they backported the Windows 10 telemetry to Windows 7 as well.
minus-squareIratePirate@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoYup. That’s what made me ditch Win 7 long before EOL and switch to Linux. Been here for ten years now. Life’s good. 🌱
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoThe last good Windows was Windows 98
minus-squareIratePirate@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoFor people with a BSOD fetish? Definitely!
minus-squareIratePirate@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoI’m not. It’s just… why can’t you play with penguins like the other boys?
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 days agoturns out it was a gateway drug to another kind of blue screen, btw:
minus-squareIratePirate@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoThank GNU! You doin daddy proud, son!
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoWhat you’re referring to as GNU, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux.
minus-squareIratePirate@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoHe’s even learnt the Gospel of Saint Richard by heart!
Please stop romanticising Win 10 just because it’s less shitty than 11. There is no decent Windows.
Reminder: Win 10 introduced
Reminder that they backported the Windows 10 telemetry to Windows 7 as well.
Yup. That’s what made me ditch Win 7 long before EOL and switch to Linux. Been here for ten years now. Life’s good. 🌱
The last good Windows was Windows 98
For people with a BSOD fetish? Definitely!
Don’t yuck my yum
I’m not. It’s just… why can’t you play with penguins like the other boys?
turns out it was a gateway drug to another kind of blue screen, btw:
Thank GNU! You doin daddy proud, son!
What you’re referring to as GNU, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux.
He’s even learnt the Gospel of Saint Richard by heart!