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After XP, Windows focused on adding crap to their aid that use unnecessary resources for crap things. I remember the Aqua look on Vista that sucked the life out of computers. Let’s not talk about Windows Me. Then 8 was a weird interface that no one liked and also not compatible with older machines. So XP is the most stable Windows os that can run on older devices.
Very well said.
Do you have any suggestions for people wanting to go back to an XP feeling?
A particular distro of Linux, etc.?
I second the recommendation of giving Linux Mint a shot. I didn't use XP extensively but Mint is low hassle and gets out of your way.
I'm not sure it has quite the same feel, but closest I can think of that is also approachable coming from Windows. Obviously a lot of other distros also satisfy the "built by engineers" vibe.
Linux Mint is definitely the closest interface- and vibes-wise to XP imo, of the big distros worth considering
Mint is the usual recommendation for transitioning from windows to Linux.
I'll second this. Start with Mint or Pop!_OS
Any distro and a theme. Mate and XFCE work well for that style. Mint and LXQT maybe too.
Zorin OS is a linux distro designed partly to feel like Windows
Though enshittification was coined, I think, with online services in mind, this is a perfect example of the process as it applies to an OS.
The enshittification of windows is because of its online services. Copilot AI, "telemetry", ads, etc.
Don't forget about Windows 7. That boy ripped. Too bad they didn't take the good lessons from it.
To be fair, vista and 7 had a lot of QOL improvements too.
I dont see the point of 10+ though, they pretty much just added fluff.
They had QOL but I remember my machines running significantly slower. And that was not worth the extra QOL.
WinME was that OS I ripped off a brand new laptop and replaced with 98SE so it would function correctly. When it crashes and hangs right out of the box...
Haha. Same here my new computer BSOD’d right out of the box with Me. Freaking HP Pavilion.
ME came before XP