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Re:Why 111-1111111 is a valid Windows 95 key by J-Kuhn on Monday February 27, 2023 @06:13AM (#34955146)
Things got better with newer windows versions.

* Userland printer drivers (that don't bring down the machine if they have a bug)

* Mandatory driver signing...

Nowadays I can run my machine 24/7 without any crashes. Which would be unthinkable back in the day.

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Re:Why 111-1111111 is a valid Windows 95 key by ornornor on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @01:49AM (#34966420)
Back in the day, your uptime was a source of pride. So much so that I remember using samurize to display my PC’s uptime right in the desktop… my Linux workstation of today isn’t impressed at all.
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Re:Why 111-1111111 is a valid Windows 95 key by Borg3 on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @06:50AM (#34968289)
12:50:37 up 1224 days, 53 min, 6 users, load average: 0.00, 0.03, 0.00

Not desktop tho, my home router/server :)

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