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[–] wuffah@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

It delays the problem for six more years, and it also gives me the satisfaction of ~~pirating~~ testing the only decent version of Windows free of Microslop bloat and vibe coded react.

[–] IratePirate@feddit.org 35 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

the only decent version of Windows

Please stop romanticising Win 10 just because it's less shitty than 11. There is no decent Windows.

Reminder: Win 10 introduced

  • mandatory telemetry (you can only choose between some telemetry and firehose telemetry)
  • a built-in keylogger
  • built-in advertising
  • aggressive nag screens containing dark patterns trying to trick users into "upgrading"
[–] chunes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Reminder that they backported the Windows 10 telemetry to Windows 7 as well.

[–] IratePirate@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago

Yup. That's what made me ditch Win 7 long before EOL and switch to Linux. Been here for ten years now. Life's good. 🌱

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The last good Windows was Windows 98

[–] IratePirate@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For people with a BSOD fetish? Definitely!

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] IratePirate@feddit.org 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not. It's just... why can't you play with penguins like the other boys?

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

turns out it was a gateway drug to another kind of blue screen, btw:

[–] IratePirate@feddit.org 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Thank GNU! You doin daddy proud, son!

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

What you're referring to as GNU, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux.

[–] IratePirate@feddit.org 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

He's even learnt the Gospel of Saint Richard by heart!

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

I'm a man of culture as well

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

Exactly. It just delays the inevitable (maybe even sooner if something denies to run on "this old unsupported version"). As an old win-lover I never thought I'd say this:

Better switch to Linux, most of everything windows still works, everything else is just better and faster.