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I'm a linux guy through and through, but there was just something special about being able to play with all the different shells. NONE of them were fully usabl

I'm a linux guy through and through, but there was just something special about being able to play with all the different shells. NONE of them were fully usable the way explorer was, but it was still fun.

int_19h 4y ago
It really depends on when. If we're talking Win9x-XP, shells could do everything, and Explorer wasn't really special. From Vista onwards, things started to get "more special", and Win8+ especially killed many old extensibility points.
bongobingo1 4y ago
Curious why you feel that way, when they were all generally cloned linux shells [sic] anyway? eg: blackbox <> openbox (now xoblite), or litestep <> afterstep/nextstep? I guess it was a bit more punk to break windows, from some perspectives. Nostalgic to visit the LiteStep website, looks largely unchanged from when I stumbled across it probably circa 2003. I always enjoyed the crispness of the menu chrome and icons from what I always associated with a "BeOS style". http://www.litestep.net/ http://www.litestep.net/
- P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y ago
  That wasn't my experience.