Wow, the #serial checking of #microsoft #windows 95 was super simple: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cwyH59nACzQ Even without the assumption of the internet, back then you could have easily implemented some custom key based on a #serial #number baked into the #disk ... They were just super lazy, maybe a rushed product launch or something.
Wow, #tiny 11 is a #windows 11 #os #install that uses just 2GB of #ram and 8GB of #disk space: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tiny11.. The crappy thing is that #windows #xp uses to use 64MB of #ram and a comparably small amount of #disk space. It is completely out of control.
Really funny #feedback by #billgates himself about how #unusable the #windows #install process was for #moviemaker https://twitter.com/techemails/status/16.. I think I remember going through *exactly* this back with #xp . In the end it was easier to #disconnect the #computer from the #internet entirely.
What a #dumb #microsoft #windows #bug where peoples #laptops are #draining in their #bags https://youtube.com/watch?v=OHKKcd3sx2c I bet the #developers never pick up on it because they never #test this #scenario !
#microsoft made #opensource the 3D #moviemaker from 1995! https://www.howtogeek.com/803277/microso.. I remember using this, it was an awesome way to tell simple #stories . I actually wouldn't mind using this *today* to help #teach #subjects to #students ! Next I want #windows #moviemaker too: https://en.wikipedia.org//wiki/Windows_M.. Then we're really cooking!
I've come across this before, but now I am more interested: https://jdan.github.io/98.css/ 98 #css is a #windows 98 #theme for your #website. It would be really cool to use this to get a #theme for a real #linux #window . I had a quick look and there doesn't appear to be any #linux #libraries ... It would really be a lot of #effort to pull this off, but also very cool.
Oh wow, it seems as though some #windows #computers are #automatically #upgrading from #windows 10 to 11 without #confirmation https://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2022/0915.s.. Pretty insane if true!
It is so tempting to do this - #convert a #linux #desktop to run #xfce and then #theme it to #windows 95: https://youtube.com/watch?v=VcbzoOjMLHM Very cool! I bet you would really turn some heads with this!
Oh wow, #lenovo #laptops are now #shipping with #windows *only* #booting https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/59931.html
#pizzalovingnerd has a great #video on an incredibly bad #windows #clone using #linux underneath: https://youtube.com/watch?v=zb36Ozo-tTY The " #analytics " was " #hacked " simply by using the #username and #password that comes in the #installation - fucking insanely bad #security .
Pretty #impressive - #reactos , one of the #oldest #os #communities I have been a part of, is now #capable of running #battlefield #windows #binaries https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=n..
Very cool #conversion from the #linux #desktop to a #windows 98 #clone https://lunduke.substack.com/p/make-linu..
#microsoft gets shittier by the day. Once you #purchase your #license for Microsoft #windows (which you cannot opt out of if you run #linux ), you then go out and #buy Microsoft #office . Then, at your cost, you get shown #ads in your #start #menu #panel and #outlook #email https://twitter.com/louisnicholls_/statu.. Soon you will also #require an #account ! https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/18/22940.. It's #free for now...
Man, #linux really comes out on top in this #google 's #projectzero #report https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2.. #safari does not come out well for #browsers , neither does #osx or #windows in general...
#linux is looking like a real #viable #alternative to #windows during these days: https://www.windowscentral.com/tired-win..
#microsoft #windows finally #broke one of the #simplest #apps they #ship - #notepad https://blogs.windows.com/windows-inside.. #hackernews #comments are reporting that it can behave as slowly as 1 #fps and that #scrolling is #horrific https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=294.. How on earth is it possible to break something so badly like this?