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I've used Windows since version 3.0. For several years I experimented with different solutions for running Linux on Windows, but I didn't stick with any. I've

I've used Windows since version 3.0. For several years I experimented with different solutions for running Linux on Windows, but I didn't stick with any. I've been running Linux natively for several years, and I appreciate how fast it feels when compared to Windows. I've come to have very little patience for Windows' quirks, like how long it takes now to open the Start menu, the amount of annoying and somewhat condescending dialog boxes that you have to disable, its tendency to start downloading or running stuff on its own, that you have to hunt down and disable, its terrible default "terminal" app (even the PowerShell one is subpar), and so on. I just have very little patience for all of that. I also like to play on my PC, so I have a Windows partition for that, with dual-boot (which takes 10 times as long to get ready for use than Linux does when I boot it up). I appreciate the clean separation from "work" and "play" environments.

laumars 10y ago
Windows 1 for me. For what it's worth, Windows 2000 was the only release of Windows I've ever liked. Around then Mac OS was struggling, BeOS was awesome but sadly on it's way out. Back around the year 2000 Windows 2000 was a strong platform and Microsoft did a lot to subtly refine the OS over NT 4 and 98 (lets ignore ME lol). Little things like short cut keys in Notepad were a real improvement for power users. Sadly every version of Windows before then and since have, in my opinion, been eclipsed by other OS. In fact had it not been for Microsoft's monopoly on IBM-compatible PCs and the dominance of that hardware platform then I really couldn't have seen Windows ever becoming successful as Windows 1 and 2 were complete garbage with 3.x being a marked improvement but half the time users still spent more time in DOS than Windows. When you compare that to the likes of GEM, AmigaOS and Mac OS then Windows of that same era really looks and feels like a homework project. I do often wonder what life might have been like if Microsoft hadn't been so dominant on IBM PC's. If OS/2 was pushed by IBM or if Digital Research hadn't failed to reach a deal with IBM to ship CP/M. But c'est la vie. I've been perfectly happy on Linux for the last 10 or 15 years now and I can't see that changing any time soon either.

laumars 10y ago

Windows 1 for me. For what it's worth, Windows 2000 was the only release of Windows I've ever liked. Around then Mac OS was struggling, BeOS was awesome but sadly on it's way out. Back around the year 2000 Windows 2000 was a strong platform and Microsoft did a lot to subtly refine the OS over NT 4 and 98 (lets ignore ME lol). Little things like short cut keys in Notepad were a real improvement for power users. Sadly every version of Windows before then and since have, in my opinion, been eclipsed by other OS. In fact had it not been for Microsoft's monopoly on IBM-compatible PCs and the dominance of that hardware platform then I really couldn't have seen Windows ever becoming successful as Windows 1 and 2 were complete garbage with 3.x being a marked improvement but half the time users still spent more time in DOS than Windows. When you compare that to the likes of GEM, AmigaOS and Mac OS then Windows of that same era really looks and feels like a homework project. I do often wonder what life might have been like if Microsoft hadn't been so dominant on IBM PC's. If OS/2 was pushed by IBM or if Digital Research hadn't failed to reach a deal with IBM to ship CP/M. But c'est la vie. I've been perfectly happy on Linux for the last 10 or 15 years now and I can't see that changing any time soon either.