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Well, we all know the every-other-version-of-Windows-rule:

Windows 2000 - Good

Windows ME - Bad

Windows XP - Good

Windows Vista - Bad

Windows 7 - Good

Windows 8 - Bad

Windows 10 - Good

Windows 11 - ????

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You missed a number with 8.1.

Windows 7 - Good

Windows 8 - Bad

Windows 8.1 - Good (a bit)

Windows 10 - Bad

Windows 11 - ???? (Good, hopefully)

That matches my perception more closely tbf

Windows ME really doesn’t belong in this list. Comparing the NT lineage to the non NT lineage is silly IMHO. ME was a successor of 98, not 2000.

Calling ME a successor to 98 isn't quite fair either, considering the amount of NT that was shoehorned into ME's code base. It really was an amalgamation of both code bases.

There was some networking shit, a few utilities and shell enhancements, what else? I don’t think much of NT was shoehorned into Me, correct me if you think otherwise.

Ugh, I'd take 8 over 10 any time - no extra ads

Windows 8.1 maybe, but Win 8 was Vista/ME tier.

sure, I consider 8.1, the 8

From a development perspective 8.1 caused me more problems than 8.

or Linux + Official Windows API? :D you never know

Is there RemoteApp ability in any of the linux RDP clients?

If so, there's the option of running Windows in a VM on your Linux machine, and having seamless Windows apps on your Linux desktop.

It's a bit like what MS are going to offer with their WSL, but in reverse. I've never tried it, but it might work, and give people the best of both worlds.

WSL is not really virtualised, it's a linux kernel translation layer for linux userland (which is why it's not actually letting you use linux at all, it's allowing you to run GNU and some linux programs). What I mean is the reverse, running win programs on Linux without virtualisation, like WINE, but official win libs.

Imagine MS porting the _official_ windows libs to linux and FOSSing them so we don't have to play WINE roulette and get some official compatibility. It's not inconceivable, MS already realises their future is in SaaS, not desktop OS, this is an opportunity for them to finally throw in the towel and focus on their future.

... but it's probably not gona happen, they can easily keep eating the cost of windows and keep it as leverage just in-case, user experience be damned.

What you're saying about WSL was true of WSL 1, but WSL 2 is a virtualized Linux kernel.

Ah, thanks, I did not realise that.

As you wish https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps

"Run Windows apps such as Microsoft Office/Adobe in Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and GNOME/KDE as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration."

Aha! That's exactly what I'm talking about. Thanks!

Will 2025 finally be the Year of the Linux Desktop?

> Windows 11 - Bulk Surveillance

Telescreen Edition?

...now I'm wondering how many of the average consumer would even recognize that.

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