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No worries. I keep forgetting how old I am, and that the DOS underpinnings of early Windows may be completely unknown even to those of my successors who work in
by bitwize 3y ago
No worries. I keep forgetting how old I am, and that the DOS underpinnings of early Windows may be completely unknown even to those of my successors who work in computing. An entire generation has been born, grown up, graduated college and entered the workforce without having ever seen a DOS-based Windows.
- giancarlostoro 3y agoThe earliest Windows I used was Windows 95, I remember the "Ski Free" game or whatever it was called, been posted about it on HN a few times. It wasn't until Windows Millenium Me that I really started using a computer daily though, which was an awful OS. Aside: You reminded me of my first time using Linux, it was Slackware and I had to type "startx" after logging on to get to the GUI.
- bitwize 3y agoI still boot the GUI by hand from the shell. I love the feeling of control it gives me, like I don't have to have that stuff running until I want it. And I was a Slackware user until fairly recently. I use Void, btw. :)