I miss the magical feeling windows releases like XP and 7 gave you. Now it’s an exercise in crossing your fingers and hoping the next update doesn’t use more dark patterns to destroy your privacy and security.
freeAgent · 28m ago
You don’t even really have a legitimate reason to hope for those things at this point. It’s just a matter of how much worse MS are going to make it.
hnlmorg · 16m ago
Honestly, I can’t say I ever had that magical feeling.
In the 90s, it was more a case of “let’s see how much more system resource this new OS will consume when idle”. And the 00s was that and “let’s see how much more stupid this OS treats me”.
By the time 7 came and MS started taking resource consumption seriously, I’d already given up on Windows completely and had been using desktop Linux full time for several years.
I do have a Windows 10 floating about for gaming. But it’s really more of a chore to use than a joy. Albeit only because I seldom boot into Windows so I have to plan ahead to compensate for the two hours of system and application updates needed before Minecraft (Bedrock edition) will even start. A chore that’s hard to explain to my kids who, understandably, expect things to “just work”.
uz3snolc3t6fnrq · 8m ago
any particular reason you're on bedrock instead of java? don't you get both versions when you buy the game? i bought mine when java was the only version and i think they gave me bedrock for free when that came out. or is it because of the lack of crossplay? just curious
hnlmorg · 3m ago
That’s a fair question. You’re right about the crossplay part. Kids have consoles, which only support Bedrock. So if I want to play with them, then I need to play Bedrock too.
Which is a pity because, like yourself, I first played the Java edition too.
As an aside, I think Bedrock is the only version that supports VR. I don’t play VR Minecraft often, but sometimes it’s fun. Albeit only for about 15 minutes, then the motion sickness kicks in (curiously it’s the only VR game I’ve played that does give me motion sickness)
whalesalad · 16m ago
In 2025, I can only think of two reasons to use Windows as a primary operating system:
1. You develop Windows software, exclusively to be deployed on Windows.
2. You play games that use kernel-level anti-cheat that are incompatible with Linux.
I am really really happy with Debian+KDE combo.
kstrauser · 10m ago
3. Your employer’s IT team refuses to let you use something else.
ronsor · 4m ago
At work or at home? At work, I'd argue the employer is mostly using it. Windows's problems are their problems then.
spacedrone808 · 10m ago
I am having Windows 7 not only at home, but at work also and successfully doing web apps and sites.
throitallaway · 6m ago
Congrats on your vulnerable system. I hope you're not doing anything important at all on it.
p1mrx · 42m ago
Note, you can click "plain txt file" near the top to read without flickering:
i’m sorry, there may be useful information here, but this web page is unusable in its current form
guizadillas · 26m ago
for real, at least on FLOORP (firefox fork) it is a buggy mess
Springtime · 43m ago
I'm kind of surprised that Chromium blocks audio on autoplaying videos except when clicked but allows audio on mouseover interactions (encountered here). Takes me back to early 00s era sites with random surprises (in a good way here since its quirkiness is communicated with the design).
spacedrone808 · 36m ago
there are two audio Easter eggs on the page: Fallout 2 narration if you hover on the header image of the man watching tv from "Brazil" movie and if you hover "Unlisted Retrograde Holdout" text you will hear voice from "Human Traffic"
amiga386 · 15m ago
Strumming the main menu makes pip-boy sounds too.
On Firefox, you have to click on the page at least once before mouseover plays audio
That red mouse pointer on the web page - it's from Amiga Workbench!
spacedrone808 · 40m ago
That's correct.
shortrounddev2 · 40m ago
Beautiful website
spacedrone808 · 39m ago
design matches 90s era
bitwize · 33m ago
The design is so much cooler than actual 90s websites were. More like the professional titling for a 90s cyberpunk flick like Hackers which was out 30 years ago next month.
spacedrone808 · 27m ago
I'm doing web projects during my free time. The website is based around Hugo framework, but since Windows 7 support was dropped i continue to maintain it with custom js/scss
And yeah, love this movie, despite it is a bit childish these days.
In the 90s, it was more a case of “let’s see how much more system resource this new OS will consume when idle”. And the 00s was that and “let’s see how much more stupid this OS treats me”.
By the time 7 came and MS started taking resource consumption seriously, I’d already given up on Windows completely and had been using desktop Linux full time for several years.
I do have a Windows 10 floating about for gaming. But it’s really more of a chore to use than a joy. Albeit only because I seldom boot into Windows so I have to plan ahead to compensate for the two hours of system and application updates needed before Minecraft (Bedrock edition) will even start. A chore that’s hard to explain to my kids who, understandably, expect things to “just work”.
Which is a pity because, like yourself, I first played the Java edition too.
As an aside, I think Bedrock is the only version that supports VR. I don’t play VR Minecraft often, but sometimes it’s fun. Albeit only for about 15 minutes, then the motion sickness kicks in (curiously it’s the only VR game I’ve played that does give me motion sickness)
1. You develop Windows software, exclusively to be deployed on Windows.
2. You play games that use kernel-level anti-cheat that are incompatible with Linux.
I am really really happy with Debian+KDE combo.
https://trackerninja.codeberg.page/doc/win7eol.txt
On Firefox, you have to click on the page at least once before mouseover plays audio
And yeah, love this movie, despite it is a bit childish these days.