The best windows is still a shitty operating system.
Linux was just snappier, quicker. Like, noticeably so.
And it was also way cooler. I don't use windows nowadays, but at the time the GNU/Linux desktop was lightyears ahead. Compiz, beryl and all the crazy 3d madness of the time were just cool. It was an exciting time to use GNU/Linux on the desktop, and Canonical was a visionary company.
Such times have not come back so far, it all looks so dull and dead right now when compared to those times.
> Eh, that seem like zealotry. Bechmarks could be mixed and both had advantages.
"revive an old computer with gnu/linux" has been a meme for like 25 years now. to some degree it's less true nowadays because most stuff run in the web browser, and web browsers are total memory hogs. but ad the same time, with any decent gnu/linux you won't be running spyware/adware and useless ai stuff nobody asked for so yeah i'm going to keep assuming linux is noticeably faster even if i haven't used a windows laptop for personal use in ~15 years.
> For tech geeks that liked playing with tech, absolutely.
yeah i'm a tech geek that likes playing with tech (easy bet given what website we're both posting on) -- so ?
Linux was just snappier, quicker. Like, noticeably so.
And it was also way cooler. I don't use windows nowadays, but at the time the GNU/Linux desktop was lightyears ahead. Compiz, beryl and all the crazy 3d madness of the time were just cool. It was an exciting time to use GNU/Linux on the desktop, and Canonical was a visionary company.
Such times have not come back so far, it all looks so dull and dead right now when compared to those times.