| ▲ | patwolf 5 days ago | |||||||
I played around in Windows 2000 for the first time in 20 years. I know nostalgia can be blinding, but I would go back to that UI in a heartbeat. The uncluttered taskbar, the simple start menu that isn't full of useless recommendations and ads—such a joy! | ||||||||
| ▲ | steeleduncan 5 days ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
I don't remotely want to use Windows 2000 again, but it is interesting to see a version of Windows where the UI was consistent. Currently it is a mishmash of four generations of GUI toolkits, some UI is in one style, some UI is another, etc, etc | ||||||||
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| ▲ | Tepix 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
Related: "Windows 2000 Server named peak Microsoft. Readers say it's all been downhill since Clippy" https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/11/windows_2000_best_mic... | ||||||||
| ▲ | jsd1982 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
I tried to install Visual Basic 6 on it but couldn't get past SSL errors in the installed Firefox version to even download the ISO. Sad. | ||||||||
| ▲ | edoceo 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
The reason I've been on Xfce since at least 2010, it still works the same. I feel like open-source inherently has alignment with users and blockers to enshitification | ||||||||
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