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    This image was created by /u/kuebic@discuss.tchncs.de for this comment here: https://discuss.tchncs.de/comment/21735989. I had encouraged them to post it somewhere, but as far as I can tell, they never did.

    Panel 1: “Installing Windows 20 years ago” screenshot of install wizard with just a couple buttons
    Panel 2: “Installing Linux 20 years ago” screenshot of a busy command line
    Panel 3: “Installing Windows today” screenshot of a busy command line
    Panel 4: “Installing Linux today” screenshot of install wizard with just a couple buttons

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    [–] Zink@programming.dev 3 points 21 minutes ago

    I don't think I ever messed with the Windows 3.1 OS on my family's 486, but from Windows 95 and onwards I've done multiple installs of all the consumer versions of windows and was an avid user of win2k at the time. And for Windows 11 I have only ever installed it in a VM on a Linux machine to test Windows tools that are part of our builds at work.

    I've also installed the last couple versions of Linux Mint a few times on some newer and older PCs. And some other distros in VMs for various reasons.

    ALL of my recent Linux installs have gone far more smoothly and quickly than ANY Windows installs I remember.

    Old windows? Better.

    New Linux? Best!

    [–] JuliaSuraez@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

    Now both sides meet in the middle: GUI for setup, terminal for fixing the one thing that breaks.

    [–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

    not very accurate, you can still install Windows graphically, and you could install Linux either on a console or with a GUI both in 2005 and now

    [–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 minutes ago

    Unless windows hates your computer then it's powershell and regedit for you!

    [–] sfgifz@lemmy.world 1 points 40 minutes ago

    It's a meme, Karen.

    [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 13 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

    Don't forget to remove the french language pack

    [–] kamen@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago
    [–] Minizarbi@jlai.lu 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)
    [–] axx@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 hours ago
    [–] MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago

    heyyy i'm the 900th upvote

    [–] BilSabab@lemmy.world 13 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

    My favorite conspiracy of the moment is that Microsoft intentionally does this New Coke thing and then they will roll out actually good Windows and make all of DA MONY AND KEEL DA LEENOOCKS DIZIZZ. But it's Microsoft, so the long game will go on forever and there will be no pay off. Also - Mint is soooo gooooood to use compared to Win11

    [–] Demdaru@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

    People forgot already...

    EVERY SECOND WINDOWS IS GOOD Win XP good, Vista bad, 7 good, 8 bad, 10 good, 11 bad, 12 good?

    Only this time around Linux got to the point where everyday users can switch and only run into debiliating problems twice a year, so MS is losing customers.

    [–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 minutes ago

    The fuck? XP was awful. I left because of it. What are you on about?

    [–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

    All windows after 7 was just a downward spiral of shittiness.

    [–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 minutes ago

    All after win 2000 was complete shit.

    [–] Demdaru@lemmy.world 2 points 48 minutes ago

    You say so yet 10 is fast, convienient and easy to use. Wouldn't call it better than 7, but it was good.

    [–] vxx@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (3 children)

    Is there any coke alternative that's almost as good and in some regard better, but for free?

    [–] axx@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

    Amusingly, Ubuntu Cola is pretty good.

    Lots of smaller, independent brands make nice cola, like Fritz-Kola in Germany or Breizh Cola in France. Don't expect to find them at your local hole in the wall though.

    [–] vxx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

    Fritz is the best

    [–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

    No but RC cola is pretty good if you want something that tastes similar to coke. My hick is showing ain't it?

    [–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 1 points 30 minutes ago

    And here I like RC cola because it tastes to completely different than coke. I find it to be the most distant from coke flavour of all the colas I've had

    [–] BilSabab@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

    nope, but i have no idea how else to describe their counterproductive logic

    [–] vxx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

    They've cared about the shareholders over the customers for way too long. Enshittyfication isnt a strategy, it's a symptom of promising infinitive growth.

    [–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 9 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

    Getting help with Linux 15-20 years ago: some forum full with slurs telling you to google it

    Getting help with Windows 15-20 years ago: "Do this and this, if that fails look up data backup methods before the reinstall."

    Getting help with Linux now: various Wikis and blogs. The hazard of finding an AI hallucinated blog post is significant, but can be blocked.

    Getting help with Windows now: support forums owned by Microsoft filled with users telling they have the same issue, and AI agents hallucinating solutions.

    [–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

    to be fair, some linux forums still have toxic members, and some others while probably not toxic, are still a bit harsh with people

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    [–] kepix@lemmy.world 9 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

    3 out of 4 panels should be a picture where the operating system cant find the proper drivers

    [–] ulterno@programming.dev 7 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

    Also, Green on Black is subjectively better than White on Blue.

    spoilerNo puns here.
    Keep it out of the gutter.

    [–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

    i installed mandrake in 2004. It came with a nice graphical installer.

    [–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 hours ago

    Same with Opensuse

    [–] atthecoast@feddit.nl 3 points 7 hours ago

    Lots of remarks here on Linux GUI, but Windows installations of XP and 2000 all started in DOS with a blue background and yellow progress bar…

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