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    Installing OS, 10 years ago:

    Windows: click a couple of buttons enter username and password

    Linux: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github

    Installing OS today:

    Linux: click a couple of buttons, enter username and password

    Windows: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github.

    Link to video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qKRmYW1D0S0

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    [–] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Windows 9x was extremely time consuming to install with multiple reboots and before that it was all config files. Out of the box 95 couldn't play media, connect to the internet (thanks trumpet), even access a cd. Normies bought machines pre-installed and got help when the system shit itself. Before there were scripted alternatives large scale Windows deployments were all imaged because of the hours it took to set up a single machine swapping floppies and writing to spinning rust. You had to reboot numerous times and use third party drivers and apps for everything. I recently installed a disposable Win 10 to do a firmware upgrade and Microsoft have come a long way though having to disconnect the Internet to get a local login is very dark.

    [–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

    Before there were scripted alternatives large scale Windows deployments were all imaged because of the hours it took to set up a single machine swapping floppies and writing to spinning rust.

    My first internship was patching a ton of Win 98 systems and it involved walking up and down rows of cubicles waiting for the next step of the installation to get done and hit a couple keys

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Yep I don't remember ever windows install being fast or smooth. And even Slackware was straightforward 20 year ago

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

    And even Slackware was straightforward 20 year ago

    Still is.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

    Windows 7 was if you ignore updates. Win10 was even more so in the early builds.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

    Before there were scripted alternatives large scale Windows deployments were all imaged because of the hours it took to set up a single machine swapping floppies and writing to spinning rust.

    With Windows 7 I was making golden images to simplify deployments.

    Even now for the one Windows 10 VM I need for a very specific thing, I couldn't use it without installing AtlasOS (an extensive powershell script to cut out as much of the bloat as possible). Otherwise the system would consistently slow down and stop responding. It was basically unusable (it's running on Proxmox on a considerably old server).