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

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567 points elvis70 | 1 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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hnthrowaway0315 ◴[30 Mar 25 18:23 UTC] No.43526321[source]▶
For modern Windows operating system, i.e. >= Windows 10, getting rid of ads, weather, auto-update and search bar can improve UI usability significantly.

Windows 95 was not stable enough back then. I believe Windows 2000 was the first OS that was easy to use and relatively stable. XP and 7 are both solid options too.

I have used both MacOS X and modern MacOS (15) and the UI of X is definitely way better than the UI of 15. It is more clean cut.

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epolanski ◴[30 Mar 25 20:13 UTC] No.43527213[source]▶
98 was a very good os. I don't think many got 2000, XP was the major windows for millennials.
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1. anthk ◴[30 Mar 25 21:58 UTC] No.43528059{3}[source]▶
XP was almost a re-skinned 2000. Most drivers for XP worked under 2000 and viceversa.