[HN Gopher] Crusty Windows
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Crusty Windows
Author : unleaded
Score : 66 points
Date : 2023-10-02 09:09 UTC (13 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (crustywindo.ws)
(TXT) w3m dump (crustywindo.ws)
| iso8859-1 wrote:
| Are any of these releases based on leaked source code? Or have
| they simple repackaged existing builds?
|
| https://linuxreviews.org/42.9_GB_Of_Microsoft_Source_Code_Le...
| favorited wrote:
| OpenNT was based on the leak. https://crustywindo.ws/OpenNT_4.5
| bdhcuidbebe wrote:
| repacks
| p0w3n3d wrote:
| What kind of sorcery is this? I mean what's a bootleg in terms of
| software (as opposite to a concert bootleg?)
| rabbits_2002 wrote:
| Usually means pirated and resold software
| kotaKat wrote:
| Hannah Montana Linux, but for Windows.
|
| https://hannahmontana.sourceforge.net/Site/Home.html
| rabbits_2002 wrote:
| I am surprised they host the ISOs
|
| https://crustywindo.ws/collection/
|
| that seems illegal
|
| cool website nonetheless
| OsrsNeedsf2P wrote:
| Any time I need a Windows install, I go for one of the custom
| builds. Not from crustywindo.ws, but there's a lot of Windows
| modding forums out there with varying "distros".
|
| (It bears noting if you need to trust your OS, you shouldn't be
| using Windows at all)
| FirmwareBurner wrote:
| That just sounds like, an easy way to get hacked, with extra
| steps.
|
| Just download the official ISO.
| causi wrote:
| Windows Update has fucked up my computer a lot more often
| than pirated software has.
| Kiuhrly1 wrote:
| Then use the LTSC editions which only receive security
| updates and don't come with any modern Windows crap
| mschuster91 wrote:
| Good luck getting your hands on one of these legally
| FirmwareBurner wrote:
| If you're a business you'll easily get it.
| BizarroLand wrote:
| Sure, sure, let me go pop down to the county office and
| create a whole ass LLC and spend several hundred dollars
| so I can save an hour or three every year troubleshooting
| my windows install.
|
| Brilliant. it's like saying to someone that has to get
| somewhere, "A journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single
| step" while I'm over here passing you both in a bus.
| [deleted]
| Aardwolf wrote:
| This site made me realize the windows 1.x and windows 2.x (the
| ones from the early 80s!) logos look surprisingly modern!
|
| Flat single-colored simple shape as is the trend today, with a
| light blue color that doesn't even exist in the standard EGA
| color palette.
|
| As opposed to the much more colorful and busy icons that came
| after.
|
| But then of course Windows 10 and Windows 11 are flat-single-
| colored simple shapes again since they are _actually_ released
| during today's logo design trends.
| grotorea wrote:
| Fashion is cyclical? Or is it just that these simpler icons
| were more adapted to the simpler video there existed at the
| time?
| micheljansen wrote:
| I thought those were just placeholder images, but you are right
| those were the actual logos of Windows at the time. Beautiful
| serif typography to match too:
|
| https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Windows_logo_and_wor...
| V__ wrote:
| I would even say the flat XP logo looks more modern than
| Windows10 or 11.
| nxobject wrote:
| Mildly interesting: no Windows bootlegs from Oceania. I have a
| hard time believing that the enterprising people of Australia
| haven't created something, at least out of national pride...
| whalesalad wrote:
| https://crustywindo.ws/File:XP_GanjaEdition_Boot.png
|
| https://crustywindo.ws/File:XP_Ana_Muslem_-_Desktop.png
|
| https://crustywindo.ws/File:Horse_XP_2013_Desktop.png
|
| some really good stuff in here, horse xp is my favorite.
| achrono wrote:
| Even though I have (like a lot of other folks) become anti-
| Windows recently, this is amusing, for nostalgic & other reasons.
|
| Perhaps that is where Windows fits best -- in the history museum.
| pavlov wrote:
| People have become anti-Windows recently?
|
| I don't think there ever was a time when hackers liked this
| product.
|
| 1.0? Useless.
|
| 2.0? Ugly.
|
| 3.0? Weak compared to OS/2.
|
| NT 3.5? Too slow.
|
| 95? Too crashy.
|
| NT 4.0? Too fat.
|
| 98? Too much IE.
|
| XP? Too popular.
|
| Vista? Everything wrong.
|
| 7? Too little change.
|
| 8? Too much change.
|
| 10? Too much cloud.
|
| 11? Too recent; I can't remember
| klysm wrote:
| Vista was truly an abomination though
| doubled112 wrote:
| I only ran a Vista machine for a few weeks while the 7
| upgrade DVD came in the mail.
|
| It was already SP2, and the machine was fairly powerful
| (quad core CPU, 8GB RAM). It honestly worked pretty well.
|
| I still think it's one of the best looking Windows ever.
| vikingerik wrote:
| Funnily, the one you don't list is Windows 2000, and in my
| memory that actually was reasonably hacker-liked. It didn't
| have the problems of the contemporaries - wasn't too fat
| (about the same as NT 4, but hardware had advanced) or too
| crashy or too much IE (or MSN.) I used 2000 as my daily
| driver for several years, even for gaming, up until around
| 2007 when compatibility with newer software and hardware
| dwindled.
| pavlov wrote:
| 2000 was great, I used it too. I admit to leaving it out
| because I couldn't instantly think of a contemporary
| criticism!
|
| It was a time when the Mac wasn't even an option (OS 9
| sucked, X was a barely working beta) and Linux was
| frustratingly unfinished. Windows 2000 really was a great
| OS for the hardware of the time.
| mysterydip wrote:
| 2000? Too good
| justsomehnguy wrote:
| There is Windows _CE_ one!
|
| And if I came to site like back in the day I would definitely
| grab some wallpapers.
|
| https://crustywindo.ws/Manley_Evangelista%27s_Windows_CE_Boo...
|
| https://crustywindo.ws/Whistler_Build_2531#/media/File:Whist...
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