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While I never stopped having a Windows installation, last Windows I used every day for everything was XP. So, gradually, it became more foreign, more alien with every interface change even if the system is largely the same shit since 95.

I generally think I feel at home with Windows only until I have to actually use it and see that it has changed a lot since those days. The file explorer is a tragedy. Both the W10 bloat and the W11 Finder rip-off.

Windows 3.11 was enough for me.

Windows 98SE was the peak.

Nowadays it feels like even Microsoft doesn't know what it wants Windows to be.

@Rasterman Using new windows versions mainly consists of finding ways to work around all the shitty changes.

File Explorer -> Total Commander
Start Menu -> StartAllBack
+various registry tweaks

@Bakke I wondered why Total Commander sounded familiar. I can't believe the same one still works.

Didn't know about the start menu program. Current start menu is beyond garbo.

I prefer to not use registry hacks lest Windows start malfunctioning worse than it does. Unfortunately, defaults are ever terribler. Thanks for the reminder that TC still exists.

@Rasterman I've gotten the distinct impression that the Windows "experience" is being tailored towards entities with IQ in the 80 range. So many of the UI choices are downright baffling (imbecile) when it comes to productivity.

The latest bullshit I encountered, is that you must register a Microsoft account when installing Windows. There's still a workaround for it, but if it stops working, I'll seriously consider Linux.

@Bakke I thought MacOS was there for the low IQ people who just want basic things done. The new file explorer and start menu are so simplified, your theory makes sense.

I've been using Linux since 2007 and it's possible to live with it. Nowadays I have Windows for games mostly, which is why I haven't really noticed how it has degraded overtime, as per my first post on this thread.

@Rasterman All the small (shitty) changes adds up over time, so I see it can be quite shocking if you haven't used newer versions of Windows.

Who knows what horrors the future will bring.

@Bakke I hear talk of Windows 12 now. I remember when they said Windows 10 was the last one, that it was going to be a rolling release type of OS. Then they changed their mind.

Future of indeterminate brightness ahead.