Subj : Re: Bleach Time!
To   : Tracker1
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue Mar 23 2021 08:51:00

-=> Tracker1 wrote to Rob Mccart <=-

 Tr> I switched directly from OS/2 to NT4 around that time... I did think
 Tr> that Windows 2000 with LiteStep Shell (I think it was called that) was
 Tr> pretty great.  IIRC I went to XP with SP3, and used the MCE desktop
 Tr> theme.  Then Win7 on release, 8 SP2 with classic shell, and now Win10.
 Tr> I've run Linux desktop environments for a couple months at a time every
 Tr> few years.

Sounds like we ran in some of the same circles. I was a Netware admin in the 
early '90s, and OS/2 made a great admin platform for Netware servers - lots 
of console windows without drivers in low memory. DOS VDMs for apps that 
needed a native DOS environment.

Switched to NT4 when the internet came around, and I had a couple of 
databases to manage.  Really enjoyed the eye-candy of Litestep, ran it on 
the BBS for some time, and ran it on old Dell boxes running Windows 2000 
that needed all the RAM they could muster.

I couldn't stand the Windows 8 start menu, used classic shell to emulate a 
XP environment, down to the colors and the wallpaper.

That reminds me, I think it's time for my 2-screen "Dark Bliss" wallpaper 
and an XP menu again.  :)



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