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Build your own antisocial writing rig with DOS and a $2 USB key

3 months 2 weeks ago
Reg hack pines for simpler times, then tries to recapture them

Sometimes, the size and complexity of modern OSes – even the FOSS ones – is enough to make us miss the days when an entire bootable OS could fit in three files, when configuring a PC for production meant editing two plain-text files, which contained maybe a dozen lines each. DOS couldn't do very much, but the little it did was enough. From the early 1980s for a decade or two, much of the world ran on DOS. Then Windows 3 came along, which is arguably the point where the rot set in.…

Liam Proven

Windows isn't an OS, it's a bad habit that wants to become an addiction

3 months 2 weeks ago
Think that next refresh is going to get better? The first step to freedom is admitting there's a problem

Opinion  Windows is at that awkward stage any global empire has to go through. Around one in five of the world population is a Windows user – 1.5 billion humans. Aside from the relatively small slice that Mac takes, everyone else is happy with smartphones, so until we make contact with credulous aliens, there are no new worlds for Microsoft to conquer. In an industry obsessed with growth, this is untenable.…

Rupert Goodwins