Blue95: a desktop for your childhood home's computer room

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567 points elvis70 | 2 comments | 30 Mar 25 15:30 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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metadat ◴[30 Mar 25 16:14 UTC] No.43525239[source]▶

This looks nice and easy to use.

My hypothesis is today's "modern" OS user interfaces are objectively worse from a usability perspective, obfuscating key functionality behind layers of confusing menus.

It reminds me of these "OS popularity since the 70s" time lapse views:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=cTKhqtll5cQ

The dominance of Windows is crazy, even today, Mac desktops and laptops are comparatively niche

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1. hx8 ◴[30 Mar 25 19:51 UTC] No.43527011[source]▶

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> The dominance of Windows is crazy, even today, Mac desktops and laptops are comparatively niche

I was actually surprised that macOS/Linux/ChromeOS together are >20% of all desktop/laptops. I would have expected Microsoft machines to be closer to 90% than 80%.

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2. everdrive ◴[30 Mar 25 21:00 UTC] No.43527585[source]▶

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I'm surprised by the breakdown as well. At least according to these two citations in Wikipedia, the breakdown is:

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For desktop computers and laptops, Microsoft Windows has 71%, followed by Apple's macOS at 16%, unknown operating systems at 8%, desktop Linux at 4%, then Google's ChromeOS at 2%.[3][4]

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[3] "Now more than ever, ChromeOS is Linux with Google's desktop environment". About Chromebooks. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2024.

[4]"Desktop Operating System Market Share Worldwide". StatCounter Global Stats. Retrieved 9 March 2025.

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