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I just wish we were able to time-warp back to Windows 7. And start again from there. I liked Windows 7 user experience. I had to boot up one in a VM the other
by rixrax 8y ago
I just wish we were able to time-warp back to Windows 7. And start again from there.
I liked Windows 7 user experience. I had to boot up one in a VM the other day to debug a legacy issue. I realized how much I really did like it. I liked the control panel and all that. All that unified Metro(?) UI that has been developed since Win7 with mobile and touch in mind (that never happened?), with the new management tooling that seems to be only half way there combined with the near death of native Windows apps has effectively driven me to Ubuntu Desktop. Ubuntu userspace on Win10 is nice but then again, to me Win10 has been reduced to just something I run Firefox or Chrome when needed. Even Lightroom works well enough on Wine nowadays.
I get it - I am an old grumpy guy lamenting on change, probably off-topic too...but still, oh boy I wish they had decided to go some other direction! ;-)
- buboard 8y agoI use windows 7. I still get updates and nothing is forcing me to update. Life is easy and I can enjoy my coffee.
- jug 8y agoAt least through next year, after which it’s EOL.
- illumin8 8y agoYou can run Classic Shell and get the Windows 7 experience back. I recommend it if you must run Windows; it's probably the only way to get rid of the god-awful Start menu/adware junk that M$ has now.
- DragoCubed 8y agoFYI Open Shell exists.
- amyjess 8y agoHonestly, I'd rather time-warp back even farther and start over from Win2k. It was the last version of Windows with a theme that wasn't butt-ugly.