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   Blurry Moon (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 06:40:31 JST Blurry Moon
   @wnd you can run windows xp on a single core 300mhz machine with 128MB of RAM and it is faster than windows 11 on an i7 with 8GB of RAM
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     Blurry Moon (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 07:06:41 JST Blurry Moon

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     @IceCubeSoup @wnd the point is that windows used to be lean and fast and now it is terrible
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     IceCubeSoup (icecubesoup@noauthority.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 07:06:42 JST IceCubeSoup

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     but y tho?

     @wnd

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     Blurry Moon (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 07:08:15 JST Blurry Moon

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     • IceCubeSoup
     @IceCubeSoup @wnd 1. yes it is and it's getting worse
     2. yes but it used to be fast
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     IceCubeSoup (icecubesoup@noauthority.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 07:08:16 JST IceCubeSoup

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     1. it's not that bad
     2. it was always terrible

     @wnd

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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 07:11:49 JST feld

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     @sun @IceCubeSoup @wnd windows 11 is a lot less terrible if you use this
     
     https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat
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     Blurry Moon (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 07:11:49 JST Blurry Moon

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     @IceCubeSoup @IceCubeSoup @wnd what's the stats
     
     also, you don't realize how bad it's gotten until you go back. I don't have the opinion for no reason, I was using windows xp at a job a few years ago on VMs for certain reasons because it was ultra lightweight and fast.
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     IceCubeSoup (icecubesoup@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 07:11:50 JST IceCubeSoup

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     @sun I don't really remember it that way.
     
     I'm using Windows 10 on a 2009 vintage laptop with no issues.
     
     But it's one of my daily drivers, so maybe I'm just used to it.
     
     
     @IceCubeSoup @wnd
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     Blurry Moon (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 07:14:23 JST Blurry Moon

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     @IceCubeSoup @IceCubeSoup @wnd bittorrent!
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     IceCubeSoup (icecubesoup@noauthority.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 07:14:24 JST IceCubeSoup

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     @sun
     where do I get Windows XP ISO files?

     @IceCubeSoup@shitposter.world @wnd

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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 07:15:48 JST feld

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     @sun @IceCubeSoup @wnd probably, i'll just keep re-running it occasionally. i dont use this computer for anything else but playing some games anyway
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     Blurry Moon (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 07:15:49 JST Blurry Moon

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     @feld @IceCubeSoup @wnd that's great but doesn't windows just put a bunch of settings back on some updates? you're still stuck with everything being a hassle even if it can be partially mitigated
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     Blurry Moon (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 07:16:40 JST Blurry Moon

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     @feld @IceCubeSoup @wnd I run Windows in a VM on MacOS and it's incredible what a giant piece of shit 11 is. out of the box the windows store didn't work and I had to run some registry tricks to fix it.
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     IceCubeSoup (icecubesoup@noauthority.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 07:18:32 JST IceCubeSoup

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     @sun
     sure but where do I find SHA values I trust?

     heidoc?

     @IceCubeSoup@shitposter.world @wnd

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     Blurry Moon (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 07:18:32 JST Blurry Moon

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     @IceCubeSoup @IceCubeSoup @wnd there are none but you shouldn't run XP for anything secure anyway. I'm not suggesting you replace windows 11 with xp, I am just saying you can measure how much worse windows got
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     ooignignoktoo (ooignignoktoo@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 07:19:13 JST ooignignoktoo

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     @sun @feld @IceCubeSoup @wnd Yeah 11 is god awful. I think 10 via. ESU is the sweet spot for windows right now. It's a completed product but still getting a few more years of security updates. Though my fears are since MS vibe codes everythin know who knows if the security updates won't break something as well.
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     Del Rio Kun~ (zrdr_delrio@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 09:06:55 JST Del Rio Kun~

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     @sun @feld @IceCubeSoup @wnd
     
     I can't do windows any more. Fucking thing sent me an ad for genshin impact on my desktop and I removed it and installed Linux that day.
     
     I can't take Microsoft's shit
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     ≠ (amerika@annihilation.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 09:39:04 JST ≠

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     People loved Windows XP because it was a minimal operating system where everything made sense. I think Windows peaked with Win2K. The technical improvements since have been offset by the bloat (same as with Lunix, come to think of it).
     
     Install FreeBSD, QNX, or Plan9. If Lunix ever manages to make WINE universal, Windows is toast. It's not simple to do, but it's a simple management choice, and yet FOSS has failed to do it, which is not a problem of FOSS per se but definitely of volunteer efforts. It will require corporate support.
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