• lnxtx (xe/xem/xyr)@feddit.nl
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    11 months ago

    I’m Windows-free for about 18 years.

    Windows is a last resort. If some proprietary apps don’t work under Linux (mainly at a work).

    It’s funny how conservative Windows is, it still has components from the NT.

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      11 months ago

      It’s funny how conservative Windows is, it still has components from the NT.

      That calling: ensuring things are compatible with old software and not fucking your users over. Just for fun I tried to install Photoshop 6 from 2000 on Windows 11 and it works just fine. Same goes for MS Office 2003.

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      11 months ago

      I’m Windows-free for about 18 years.

      It’s basically the same time I started using Linux somewhat more. I didn’t go Windows-free until 2007 though and then returned to Windows because I needed it for something with my Master’s thesis. I kind of shudder at the thought how my old setups looked under the hood. You learn a lot in 18 years… Probably copy-pasted a lot of shell commands back then. But UT2k4 in its OpenGL glory was worth it