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Vista introduced pretty big innovations at its core. Windows 8 did too, with its tickless kernel, for example. Windows 10 also brought an abundant dose of "litt

Vista introduced pretty big innovations at its core. Windows 8 did too, with its tickless kernel, for example. Windows 10 also brought an abundant dose of "little else" improvements. Everything wrong with Windows has to do with the GUI and the userland API, the most visible parts. What we want is a Windows 10 kernel coupled to an older, more useable and sane user interface.

mobilio 5y ago
XP GUI with Win10 kernel will be great!
- anakaine 5y ago
  Have you used XP recently? Its aged terribly!
  - hulitu 5y ago
    No, it is not. It looks and behaves far better than the mess that is windows 10. And from a user perspective, the level of improved security that windows 10 presents it's tiny compared to the features.
    - salamandersauce 5y ago
      How so? I thought the default XP theme looked dated in 2005. Search is a complete joke in XP. Win 10 search is maybe a bit worse than 7 but light years better than XP. No hardware accelerated UI, no Window snapping, no support for 64 bit apps, more than 4GB RAM, taskbar quickly gets filled because of no app grouping, no windows peek. No hiDPI support. Only thing XP does better is no pop up ads telling me to use Edge. Everything else is worse.
      - adrianmsmith 5y ago
        Just a nitpick - There absolutely was a 64-bit version of XP, which I used at the time, supporting > 4GB of RAM and 64-bit apps, and could give multiple 32-bit apps 3GB each etc.
        mobilio 5y ago
        WinXP 64 bit version is actually WinServer 2003 64 bit... But you can use over 4G limit on x32: http://vm1.duckdns.org/Public/Windows_XP_SP3_Remove_PAE_Limit/Windows_XP_Remove_PAE_Limit.htm http://vm1.duckdns.org/Public/Windows_XP_SP3_Remove_PAE_Limi... or other versions too: https://wj32.org/wp/ https://wj32.org/wp/
    - bitwize 5y ago
      It's as true today as it was in 2001: XP looks like ass by default, it's only not an eyesore in classic mode.
      - Seanambers 5y ago
        Didn't everyone use classic mode? :) Windows 2000 always had a special place in my heart.
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halfdan 5y ago
I honestly just want UI configurability. The start menu is so utterly useless that I wish I could disable it and replace it with something like Alfred from MacOS.
- viraptor 5y ago
  Have you seen https://cairoshell.com/ https://cairoshell.com/ yet?

mobilio 5y ago

XP GUI with Win10 kernel will be great!

anakaine 5y ago
Have you used XP recently? Its aged terribly!
- hulitu 5y ago
  No, it is not. It looks and behaves far better than the mess that is windows 10. And from a user perspective, the level of improved security that windows 10 presents it's tiny compared to the features.
  - salamandersauce 5y ago
    How so? I thought the default XP theme looked dated in 2005. Search is a complete joke in XP. Win 10 search is maybe a bit worse than 7 but light years better than XP. No hardware accelerated UI, no Window snapping, no support for 64 bit apps, more than 4GB RAM, taskbar quickly gets filled because of no app grouping, no windows peek. No hiDPI support. Only thing XP does better is no pop up ads telling me to use Edge. Everything else is worse.
    - adrianmsmith 5y ago
      Just a nitpick - There absolutely was a 64-bit version of XP, which I used at the time, supporting > 4GB of RAM and 64-bit apps, and could give multiple 32-bit apps 3GB each etc.
      - mobilio 5y ago
        WinXP 64 bit version is actually WinServer 2003 64 bit... But you can use over 4G limit on x32: http://vm1.duckdns.org/Public/Windows_XP_SP3_Remove_PAE_Limit/Windows_XP_Remove_PAE_Limit.htm http://vm1.duckdns.org/Public/Windows_XP_SP3_Remove_PAE_Limi... or other versions too: https://wj32.org/wp/ https://wj32.org/wp/
  - bitwize 5y ago
    It's as true today as it was in 2001: XP looks like ass by default, it's only not an eyesore in classic mode.
    - Seanambers 5y ago
      Didn't everyone use classic mode? :) Windows 2000 always had a special place in my heart.
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halfdan 5y ago

I honestly just want UI configurability. The start menu is so utterly useless that I wish I could disable it and replace it with something like Alfred from MacOS.

viraptor 5y ago
Have you seen https://cairoshell.com/ https://cairoshell.com/ yet?