Windows

Why did Windows 95 setup use three operating systems?

Have you ever wondered why the Windows 95 setup seems to consist of three different types of UI? As it turns out, that is due to the fact that setup actually runs on three different operating systems.

November 23, 2024

Windows NT vs. Unix: A design comparison

This is an excellent read for any of you operating system nerds out there. The author compares the architectures of both Windows NT and Unix.

October 17, 2024

My Collection of Windows Screenshots

Macs have been my primary computers for decades, but I have also had the occasional Windows PC. These are some screenshots from them.

October 15, 2024

Using Linux on My PC

I installed Fedora on my PC to try out as my daily driver. I loved the experience except for a few irritations that eventually got me back to using Windows.

August 8, 2024

How Windows 11 Has Convinced a Skeptic

Until about two years ago, I was exclusively a Mac user, but Windows 11 has me rethinking that.

March 8, 2024

Using Swift to Create GUI Applications on Windows

I came across an article today that discussed efforts being made to create an open-source technology to make UI development in Swift on Windows possible.

November 9, 2023

Switching Between Platform: Windows and Mac

Some programmers stick to a single operating system or technology stack, but I like to experiment and try new things out. That means, however, that I often jump back and forth between platforms: particularly between Windows and Mac.

April 6, 2023

Windows 95 as an Electron App

An operating system that was released 25 years ago and required an entire computer to run can now instead be run in a browser window with an interpreted language.

August 1, 2020

Working with Linux in Windows: Linux Server in VirtualBox

I have written before about having to work in Windows 7 with Docker which only runs natively on Linux, macOS or Windows 10.

November 1, 2016
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