The Tier List Itself (Post No. 8)

 

Updated Windows Tiering (Post No. 7)

     On a past blog post, I did a Windows Tiering from Windows 1.0 to Windows 10, only including every version of Windows from the first version of Windows that would've been desktop release only. So, if you're going to ask, "Where's Server 2003" or some jazz like that... Don't waste your time. Besides, I think Server 2003 would end up being ranked exactly the same as Windows XP, so I doubt it would make much of a difference anyway.

     Instead, the tiering process will be no different as to what has happened the last time I did something like this, with the notable exception of the addition of three new operating systems to the list, but not neccessairly new, unlike the case of Windows 11.

      And the three newcomers are:

-  Microsoft Neptune

-  Microsoft Windows Whistler

-  Microsoft Longhorn

   So, without much further ado, let's actually get into the tiering, since I have spent at least some time exploring some of these beta Windows builds, similar to how I have some minimum experience around Windows 11. Yes, I may have said that I had nothing to say before with Windows 11 (see previous blog post, Post #6.) But, I feel that was just an initial commentary on my experience so far with Windows 11 (and not any other reason.) 

UPDATE: I basically found a tool that I can use to make a tier-making chart of Windows Versions. It does seem a little incomplete for my purposes, so if I need to add some versions - I might. 

Before we continue, however... The tiering ranking has changed from the old version. 

Instead of simply being an S-F tiering...

It is now a SS+ - Z tiering.

SS+ - 10/10 brilliant would recommend I approve.

S - Very Good.

A - Good.

B - Above Average

C - Average

D - Below Average

E - Bad.

F - Very Bad.

Z - It is an unspeakable evil which must be stopped. Tell everyone that it has to be stopped. Tell your friends, tell your family, tell the random person who thinks they have no opinion to get your opinion as theirs to spread the word.

OK, I'll start now. 

Unlike last time, I won't be going through the Windows versions in chronological order, but instead - I will be doing it from SS+ rank down, which means, Windows 98 will be the first entry on the list.

Windows 98 (Rank SS+)

   Windows 98 was probably one of the best release Windows in my opinion, despite my never actually getting to do a whole lot with it in my opinion. Sure, it may be dated, and have a whole bunch of security bugs which can't be patched by the average end user, (which Microsoft assumes that the majority of people that have computing devices are anyway) but, it will always hold a special place in my heart. 

   If you hate nostalgia, please leave this blog. I'm about to literally lower my pants and underwear and then drop steaming hot loads all over modernity. In fact, this almost makes me think of a meme appropriate for this very situation. 

     So, yeah. I know that people may say, "CoMe BaCk tO ThE pReSeNt, NaThAn, ThInGs NoW aReN't AlL tHaT bAd..." but, I say, NO! If I want to relive my childhood while playing the same video games (a lot of) that I would've played during my childhood years, and then maybe discover some more that weren't exactly on my memory lane growing up, but a welcome game for me to play, for sure, then don't think for one second I'm going to put my name on an order for a brand-new, shiny Sony PlayStation 5. If anybody needs me, I'll probably be here getting hopped up on Doritos and Sprite until the sun rises playing Gran Turismo 1 (regardless of region that it was originally released in) and Einhander, and Final Fantasy well- I guess the first nine games, because by the time Square Enix released X, The actual games themselves actually moved to the Sony PlayStation 2.

Windows 3.11 for Workgroups (SS+ Rank)

   Another member of the nostalgia train for me would be Windows 3.11 for Workgroups. It's not exactly a remotely modern OS, but it would be the first Windows that I would use personally. Not my "First" Windows, that would be 95. But, my first Windows that I would use to play such edutainment and pre-school games such as Aladdin's Activity Center and Math Blaster Ages 6-9 in my early youth, and revisiting it later with all the Packard Bell games thanks to the DOSBOX image of the virtual Packard Bell. 

    Not to mention, I always loved listening to music and playing with AudioStation. Which is precisely why I had been trying to source a Packard Bell to just restore the Windows 3.11 or 95 Recovery CD for years and years now. Maybe to just leave modernity behind and just go back to a world where it was all about bicycle riding, hand-holding, and playing games on consoles a few generations behind most of my peers, as opposed to living in the here and now and trying very hard to source a PS5 to play Elden Ring or something like that.

Microsoft Neptune (SS+ Rank)

   Microsoft Neptune is the next version that gets the SS+ rank, due to it being a cancelled version. Or, in other words, a pre-XP Windows 2000 "Home" experience that we could've got, but Microsoft just had to keep the Personal OS as a not out in the open option. I mean, there is [Redacted] out there, you just need to know where to find it. 

Windows 7 (SS+ Rank)

   Despite my thinking I had somehow got the correct logo image for this, Windows 7 is the last "modern" and only "Modern" version of Windows to be on the tier listing. Sure, it is probably two years outdated now, but I don't care. Windows 7 was the version I had built the computer the "Katana" originally to run. I also blocked GWX from installing on the computer because I didn't want to have to deal with a version that would make me physically assault my computer and curse Microsoft for ever having had let see the light of day. Little do you and I know, that it was Windows 11 I should be worried about, not 10. 

Tied for S Rank: Windows 2000 Professional/Windows Whistler

    Windows 2000 Professional was the last of the good Microsoft OS from a time before people started having arguments about the inherent moral low or high ground about [Redacted]. Namely, the gray practice of simply patching activation to prevent Windows from calling home to Redmond to ensure that piracy wasn't being committed. I know this blog may be the next to disappear in the short-term future, and I likely may be moving on in life to other projects, but when I say, Windows Whistler and 2000 Professional are tied for the S rank, I mean it. Especially considering that I have to take some grade off because Whistler was the beta version of what became the most over-rated and memed OS in computing history in the early years of the 21st century. 

Windows 95: (A Rank)

    This version was my first Windows. It'd rank higher, but there is already a 9x version in the list, so I'm going to leave it here. Besides, there will be more added to this list.

Windows 8.1: (A Rank)

    I'm only doing this because some people believe Windows 8.1 wasn't that much of a steaming pile of turds. And, honestly, I'm inclined to agree. I mean, if you use Start8 or ClassicShell, you can bring the old Start menu back, and even use the Start menu from previous versions of Windows. Sure, it was probably not much better than Windows 8, but Windows 8.x was a polarizing series of two operating systems. 

    (Only reason I refuse to tier any version of 8 higher than A is because - well... While some may say Windows 8.x was not "that bad", I say, "I wanted to build a computer, not a phone!" And in addition to that, "What was Microsoft thinking?")

Microsoft Windows, Codename "Longhorn" (A Rank)

  Finally, we look at the final version of Microsoft Windows' Operating system families, which is surprisingly a BETA version of Windows this time, which is Windows Longhorn. Yes, I know it didn't really be intended for public use for longer than a 180 day evaluation basis by people who Microsoft intended to test their software, anyway. 

   But, looking through the Windows Longhorn versions, it actually is interesting to see the transition from Windows XP to Windows Vista. The earliest possible version of Longhorn to get working, actually looks far different than the Vista pre-RTM version, which would probably be the last codename Longhorn version anyway. 

   Of course speaking of XP...

Windows XP (C Rank)

   In this tier list, B gets skipped, and it is placed on C Rank. Windows XP is probably the most over-rated, meme-spurter edgelord OS in all of computing history. While Windows 11, Microsoft's newest OS is causing the once popular OS behemoth to slowly fade into obscurity, and onto the history books where it belongs, then the reason I refuse to grade it a worse grade than C or better for that matter, is because - Monopoly Tycoon. And I already said that I won't be installing Monopoly Tycoon on Windows 11, because I already know that the performance and app behavior will be the exact same as it would have been from Windows Vista to Windows 10, anyway. Perhaps somewhat worse.

Windows 8 (C Rank)

  Windows 8... Yeah, I know people might not like me disliking it, but I can't say I love it either, since if I had spent time using 8, it would've been under 8.1, not 8 itself. 

Windows 3.0 & Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions 1.0, Tied for C Rank

   Windows 3.0 and Multimedia Extensions are both tied for C Rank due to them being essentially the same Operating System, with the exclusion of the latter having sound compatibility with Windows 3.0 right out of the box, where as Windows 3.0 was just another graphical shell over MS-DOS similar to how Windows 1.0 and 2.0 were. 

Windows 1.0 and 2.0 - Tied for C Rank

   Because they are essentially the same, save for some minor adjustments, then Windows 1.0 and 2.0 also tie with each other for C Rank in this tier. End of argument, end of discussion, end of story, see you later.

Windows 10 - Final C Rank Operating System

   Many have said that Windows 10 was the "last" Windows, and in the context of this blog's listing of C-Rank Operating Systems, the same is also true. But, because of this, the next OS to be added to the tier will be getting D Rank, which isn't good, but it isn't terrible either. 

Windows Vista - D RANK

   Okay, so here is the final logo OS that I managed to find. Windows Vista, or "Pissta" as I had referred to it in my immature mind is what made me temporarily defect from the Microsoft OS camp to the macOS environment. Windows 7 is what brought me back, but I have a feeling that I will probably flee for good to the Linux wilderness in the somewhat near future since Windows 11 may be the OS to do that. More on this later. 

Ok, now that I have pretty much all of the major operating systems that I can possibly find the images of the logos for on one list, it's time to talk about some honorable and dishonorable mentions both before I finally do add the last piece of the puzzle so to speak. Although I may not be exactly be keeping with the Microsoft pattern as a rule here, I will likely also add the NT clone which has been in alpha since forever. 

Honorable Mention #1: ReactOS 

   This is the NT clone I was talking about. If I could've found a logo for this list (perhaps a tier 2.0 might be in order to include it there?) Then it would probably be occupying a spot on B, despite not really being Windows or Linux-based, but something like the former thing it is not, and written from scratch besides. 

Honorable Mention #2: SigmaOS

   This would probably tie with "Windows Longhorn" due to it just being another fork of Windows Longhorn, and not really its own original OS. 

Honorable Mention #3: Windows NT 4.0 Workstation

    Due to it being the "NT" version of Windows 95, It would have shared the row with ReactOS. Again, something to consider for a 2.0 tier if and when I finally get around to making that tier.

Dishonorable Mentions #1, 2, 3: The "Cancelled" Windows Operating Systems

  Some startup sound compilers have found other "Cancelled" Windows OS which aren't exactly Microsoft Neptune. Since I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of any of these programs, then they all would be occupying both ranks E and F. 

Dishonorable Mention #4: Windows Millennium Edition

   Basically something which should have never seen the light of day, and people should've just stayed with 98 in the home computer world until XP. I mean, sure, if you had the right hardware Millennium Edition would run beautifully - but if not, then you would probably be always having crashing troubles. Not really the best transition from 98 to XP. If you really needed to have it transfer from 98 to XP that bad, you probably should have waited until 2001 for Microsoft to drop Windows XP. 

   Millenium Edition gets F.

Dishonorable Mention #5: Windows NT 3.5x Workstation

   Basically the NT version of 3.x for Workgroups. Not really much interesting, unless you want to log into Program Manager every time you start Windows for productivity work.

    Rank F!

So, we've saved something for last.

Windows 11 (Rank Z)

  Yeah, hate me if you want, but I believe Windows 11 is just Rank Z. If experienced computer technicians believe that the right to repair will be put on the history book notes of the future, then Windows 11 isn't exactly a perfect OS, but then again I never said anything about perfection. 

   Windows 11 will DEFINITELY be the last version of Windows for me, despite the claims Microsoft made with Windows 10. 

   TPM + Secure Boot are also making me want to leave.

   May the world that came up with Windows 11 come to a swift, sudden end. May that end happen before Microsoft is allowed to make Windows subscription-only, which in theory may be a good thing since it will supposedly prevent software piracy, but not everyone will be able to afford the subscription charge of $XX.99 a month to rent the OS key to their specific device, whether the device was purchased from an OEM vendor such as ASUS, DELL, or HP, or built from "custom" the ground up. 

   I know tools can't be inherently good or evil, which is what TPM + Secure Boot essentially are. But, I do know that this is just the case of the frog being boiled in the pan. If you put a frog in a pot of hot water, it will just jump out. But, if you put it in a pan of cold water and slowly have the heat come up, the frog will slowly die. 

 

My Unbiased Thoughts on Windows 11 (Post No. 6)

     Okay, so this blog post is just my completely unbiased thoughts of Windows 11 so far. I wasn't paid by Microsoft to write this, and I wasn't kidnapped or held for ransom to write this, or even had the same happen to any one of my family members where the ransom is I must give the honest answer about what I think about Microsoft Windows 11 so far, and whether or not this version of Windows is better than any of the "nostalgic" versions of Windows that I have used in the past, when they were the "current" versions of Windows, such as 3.11, 95, 98, NT 3.x-5.0, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, or even 10 for that matter.

Part 1. The Logo

    Well, what can I say about the logo design? It's very flat for one thing. I guess it can no longer be said that it looks like a flag anymore, unlike the versions of Microsoft's OS which preceded it, which can/cannot be a good thing? I know that it seems like I probably didn't really say anything nice about the logo, but unfortunately I can't say anything bad about it, either. Because do you have something to say about it? Because I sure don't.

Part 2. The General UI Experience

 

     Unless you bought your shiny new Windows 11 rig from an OEM, such as Acer, DELL or another fine computer manufacturer provided you didn't buy a Microsoft Surface, this Desktop configuration will likely greet you at your first boot. [Totally Not Illegal Method of Software Installation Redacted]. 

    However, unlike the version of Microsoft Windows which immediately preceded it, Windows 11 obviously has gone back to the "One device to rule them all", approach again, which means Microsoft is trying to get as many people to use touch-screen devices as possible, and leave their fat fingers off the dang keyboard. Of course, not everyone will buy a touch-screen laptop since not everyone wants to. I mean, sure, some will get touch-screen devices, but that's just it. Touch screens aren't ideal for everyone and their dog. Some people feel that in order to be able to use their existing monitors with their new rig, the tower computer desktop has to have not gone into the pages of the history books.

    And, of course, for me personally, I haven't yet been tempted to install a new UI which overwrites the default Windows 11 "New" Environment, so, I'm going to say, once you figure out how to move the Start button to the bottom-left of the desktop screen like it had been ever since back in 95, Windows 11's environment hasn't been all that much of a learning curve versus Windows 10.

    Of course, the Start menu design looks somewhat better than 10's. I mean, it's not like many of the annoying things that existed in 10's ever really went away - but, I can't say that the Start Menu design for Windows 11 is a one-night stand result between a Linux desktop distribution's environment and the Windows 8 screen. It's actually more like a constant steady relationship between the Linux desktop environment and Windows XP's desktop environment. Also, I believe that the atomsmasher Error Generator is permanently gone, so no more creating fake Windows Errors of the most over-rated Windows version in all existence, Windows XP. Windows XP's final nail in the coffin has been made, so to Windows XP I say, "Rest in Piss, Forever Miss." and probably only make sure that it only lives on in either virtualization or machines built specifically for the purpose of running one game only and the title in question is --- Monopoly Tycoon. I mean, I tried running it on 10, and it pretty much ran the same as it did on Vista - 8.1, so I don't think I'll bother wasting my time running that old strategy game from the '90s on my shiny new laptop.

    Another thing which I'm happy about with Windows 11. No more Internet Explorer. To be absolutely clear - Internet Explorer was a relic of a browser from a much more caveman, and primitive, and simpler time. Internet Explorer, despite it being a browser for most of the 90's and 00's, ended up being the butt of many memes, so much so, that when Microsoft noticed that not very many people had history lists longer than a page and it was just for use of downloading another browser, which for years before Microsoft Edge even entered the scene would have been either Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, or Opera, that Microsoft had to make a new browser just to kill off Internet Explorer. Of course, not everyone will have been using Edge as their one & only Internet Browser, so Microsoft having done this development of a browser in 10 to carry over to 11 as the only default - Really changed nothing. So, I am going to say, "good job on accomplishing nothing."

    It almost makes me want to say that if they really thought they could get me to dump Firefox from being my browser of choice - (And some people's other preferred browsers from their choices) they failed that task.

        But, on another positive note... There is the return of the Startup Sound, which isn't very memorable or meme-worthy unlike Windows XP's, so I guess I might as well say, "Good job." And chalk that as one point in Microsoft's favor to get another shot of having an OS which isn't going to make me want to hate it right out of the box.

    Like, remember when I said in my opinion Windows 10 was the OS of the year of 2020? Well, Windows 11 doesn't get that distinction, which is actually a good thing once you think about it. It actually is probably going to be the OS of the year until the next big thing from Microsoft comes, or subscription-based Windows ever becomes a thing and subscription-based Windows will have a harder time trying to become an "OS" of the year any year.

   So, in other words... tl;dr about the Windows 11 user experience:

- Greatly improved overall all-around experience vs. Windows 10.

- Internet Explorer, Rest in piss forever miss.

- This OS has a startup sound?

- I have absolutely nothing to say about the Windows 11 logo. Mainly because it looks like a window more than older versions of Windows.

Of course, nothing is perfect because nobody's perfect...

Part 3. Oh, come on! No version of Windows before has required these Security Measures.

    Prior to the release of Windows 11, no version of Windows before required both the Trusted Platform Module 2.0 + Secure Boot. However, this likely is a new feature in Windows 11 (& not a bug unfortunately) and will likely be here to stay for Windows versions in the future if and when Micro$oft actually do make newer versions of Micro$oft Windows past 11 like there is now. 

    This basically means older hardware which has none of those features shouldn't theoretically be able to run Windows 11, but then again - it probably is not going to matter since most of these older devices will either be running Linux of some fork if the person that bought the older device is savvy enough, or probably at some e-waste center to be condemned to die since every microchip and other part on it has operationally failed anyway. 

    Or, certain other machines that had been made with older pre-10 OS in mind would be better utilized powering an Arcade system instead of doing productive things, and not be running an OS except an arcade fork ever again. I mean, before you say, a PC is overkill for an arcade cabinet, then if you ever look at the underside of an arcade cabinet, chances are you will find some things that desktop computers and home computers are powered by. Just like how stock cars (for the time being) have the same Internal Combustion Engine, that a lot of passenger cars had from the dawn of the technology of the automobile until Electronic Fuel Injection became a common standard for most automotive engines.

    Of course, it's often been said that the future will only have electric cars, due to the concerns with the environment, so, the last of the ICE cars are going to be like the Tyrannosaurus Rex at the end of the dinosaur age -- doomed, but going to fight until the very end.

    Do I think less of Windows 11 for requiring TPM + Secure Boot? YES! Does that mean I won't use it? ...

(The above GIF is your answer to that question. Now stop bothering me already.) 

   Before I proceed much further on today's blog post, I must first spend some time talking about "Secure Boot." first of all. What is "Secure Boot?" 

The UEFI 2.3.1 Errata C specification (or higher) defines a protocol known as Secure Boot, which can secure the boot process by preventing the loading of UEFI drivers or OS boot loaders that are not signed with an acceptable digital signature. The mechanical details of how precisely these drivers are to be signed are not specified.^[61] When Secure Boot is enabled, it is initially placed in "setup" mode, which allows a public key known as the "platform key" (PK) to be written to the firmware. Once the key is written, Secure Boot enters "User" mode, where only UEFI drivers and OS boot loaders signed with the platform key can be loaded by the firmware. Additional "key exchange keys" (KEK) can be added to a database stored in memory to allow other certificates to be used, but they must still have a connection to the private portion of the platform key.^[62] Secure Boot can also be placed in "Custom" mode, where additional public keys can be added to the system that do not match the private key.^[63]

Secure Boot is supported by Windows 8 and 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2, Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, 2019, and 2022, and Windows 11, VMware vSphere 6.5^[64] and a number of Linux distributions including Fedora (since version 18), openSUSE (since version 12.3), RHEL (since version 7), CentOS (since version 7^[65]), Debian (since version 10),^[66] and Ubuntu (since version 12.04.2).^[67] As of January 2017, FreeBSD support is in a planning stage.^[68] 

 ^{(Definition from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface#Secure_Boot)}

   ^{Did you get all that? Basically it's a part of the UEFI that stops digitally unsigned alternative operating systems from even being allowed to execute. Although Windows 8 - 10 would work just fine on a system with "Secure Boot" switched off and kept off, Windows 11 on the other hand, absolutely needs secure boot, however as a consequence of Secure Boot, a shorter list of OS can only be run on Secure Boot. So, don't decide you're going to spend $1,000+ on your shiny new DELL and hope to be able to put a version of Linux which primarily isn't Fedora, (version 18 or later), OpenSuse (since version 12.3), Red Hat Enterprise Linux (since version 7.0), CentOS (since Version 7.0), or Debian (since version 10.0), or Ubuntu (12.04.2 or later), which is not digitally signed.}

  ^{Which I guess if you wanted to run Windows 11, that would be just fine. But, say if you wanted to run a different fork of Linux which doesn't have the required digital signature to allow you in, then tough luck since Secure Boot will not allow you to do it, and you might as well just say if it was an OS-based emulator front-end, download the software for Windows to use instead.}

^{Part 4. Productivity.}

   ^{Although some people will be using Windows 11 for productivity quite seriously in the real world, I personally doubt it will be very useful for me personally. Why? Well, for starters - Windows 11 is 64-bit only, which if all the productivity hardware that I needed to run ran on 64-bit hardware just fine; then I would have no reason to require 32-bit OS to run the programs that would have no modern 64-bit versions available.} 

    ^{However, thanks to the existence of a program on my personal network which actually does require "32-bit hardware..." then keeping it somewhat maintained & working may prove to be a herculean task now, considering that working parts aren't easy items to come by which may be remotely compatible with 32-bit hardware, which means I'll probably need to try to find a way to find the 32-bit compatible components, which might make the task while I still have the means to find 32-bit hardware to run my 32-bit software and what not for the time being a Herculean task. If I must run 64-bit software to be secure trying to function with sign shop equipment, I might as well just cut my losses, sell off all the equipment at a loss before the equipment seizers come to permanently remove it off my hands for free, and that would only be if finding 32-bit hardware capable software would be a Sisyphsusian task to get working.}

   ^{And then there's the question of my eventual career change from merely a museum volunteer to something else that might not require so much commuting time - I do not wish to be employed by a Disability Day Program which doesn't do desk work.} 

   ^{I think it's time I leave the walled cloud garden of Windows behind once and for all, and start learning to live without certain digital functionality. (e.g., the ability to run tablet apps natively using the Microsoft Store. I mean, it's probably possible to virtualize it if I absolutely need such things in my life.)} 

    And I, unlike some nerds on this planet, do believe the "penguin" is actually the only choice I have left for a computer OS since I don't like Apple's sudden change in direction from being a computer company to a fashion accessory manufacturer, and Windows becoming entirely all subscription-based isn't really going to make me a very happy camper either, so there really only is one final, tertiary option that is neither a window nor an apple, but rather, a penguin. 

^{(And I don't care if you think me saying "Penguin" all the time means I'm a fan of a Batman villain. I'm not necessarily a DC Comics reader. I do use my phone/tablet to read comics, but I use the free comic app called WebToon. It's a great useful little program for times I have to go to the doctor's office so I can have something to read since I can't exactly go to the Doctor's Office anymore to read the old magazines since there haven't been any there since the COVID Pandemic of '20.)} 

    ^{I'm also not going to be editing any slideshows using a Microsoft XBOX system. Don't even bother asking me to do so, since I'm not going to. If you want my vacation photos from this year so damn much, I'll probably just save them on a memory stick for you to see them all and probably not use Clipchamp which is a video editor which costs money. I'm probably going to want to use OpenStep which, like Clipchamp is a video editor, but it's free. As in you can pay donations for it if you want, but I don't get annoying ads or stupid messages in the inbox saying how excited they are to have me on the mailing list to use.} 

^{Part 5. Finale - Overall}

   ^{Overall, Windows 11 isn't that bad. Well, why would I say it isn't bad? In fact, since I've used it, on this computer it has run absolutely smooth as peanut butter as absolutely possible. And even if Windows 11 was disappointing or bad in any way, shape or form, I believe that it's actually so bad that it's good in a way. How is that even possible?} 

   ^{Well, I believe that Windows 11 has a type of "balance" that the other versions of Windows prior to 11 failed to have. How so? Well, Windows 11 had all the features that versions such as XP and Vista have had since forever, and maybe a better version of Windows 8's activation, which has carried over from Windows 10. Although the days of using the Windows Classic Themes are probably long gone, I personally don't mind seeing the rounded design again, and I believe it is probably a nod to one of the most meme-lord edgeboi overrated Operating Systems of Micro$oft's history, Windows XP.} 

   ^{However, unlike Windows 10, Windows 11 will probably be the "LAST" version of Windows I will be using. I know I've probably said this about 10, but Windows 11 will likely be considered the last version of Microsoft Windows that I ever find useful. It's unclear if & when Microsoft will ever devise a Windows 12, but my hope is that I will have long since moved on from Redmond's Operating System environments to one that isn't going to threaten to perhaps send people to my house to come break my legs if I do dare try an alternative operating system (Disclaimer: That bit about breaking legs may be a joke.)} 

    ^{Or, rather, if the memes are how the lawyers are accurately depicted - an OS that if I'm caught having pirated it and resold it to someone, that the IP company will be having their legal team sue me for everything out of my life savings, and then sue my children and my children's children for the entirety of their incomes, and seeing as I have no human children claimed now - probably make some sort of arrangements that I get to have the children to sue the income out of me in the first place. (Disclaimer: This bit is also a joke, even though it might have incorporated a little bit of dark humor.)} 

    ^{OK, I think I've carried this long enough. So, all I have to say now is: The next post after this one will be an updated Windows Tier Ranking.} 

  

 

Account Deletion List, Spring 2022 (Post No.5)

    I'll just write a short post tonight since I figured I don't want to spend a ton of time writing an essay of a post on this blog as opposed to a few short paragraphs.

    Now, you're aware that in August 2021, I permanently deleted my Facebook account for the reasons of mental health, and it was probably being a very negative drain on my personal sanity. And of course, now that it's gone, I realize that I am no less connected to the world than when I had the Facebook account anyway. 

   RP with someone? Well, find someone that's willing to spend the time and I'll certainly do that. Make friends? I'll keep my friend-meeting analog but I'll keep both on-and-offline friends open to have some sort of common interest. I don't care about your race, I'm not worried about your ethnicity, I just want to have a common interest with you. If it exists, great, we can be friends. If not, don't waste my time and stay out of my life until Kingdom come and hopefully you don't get destroyed at the end of the world. If you are, well... Rest in piss forever miss, and if not, I hope to go find somewhere far away from you to live to build a house there to go live in and hope that we never meet at any point. Kind of defeats the purpose of pursuit of peace, but if us not crossing paths became a necessity for it, then so be it. 

   Buy/Sell something? I'll Kijiji it (For folks outside Canada, it's a specific Craigslist to our neck of the woods), and if it's not too expensive, buy it on eBay and have it shipped to me from somewhere in the world, or even from Amazon or some other store online front, even if I have to go to the brick-and-mortar store where there's not too much of a guarantee I'll find the thing I specifically want. 

  Hear the unwanted drama that made me leave Facebook in the first place? Well, on the odd chance I'm on the Kings Transit bus headed eastbound to Kentville or westbound from Kentville back to Greenwood some person (male or female) comes on the bus with mental problems that they then voice out loud to the hearing of the bus driver about how people need to make more friends, share more, and not be worried about essentially some super-flu that was first discovered because someone had ordered the special bat soup three years ago this November. 

   My point is - I'm a lot better off without Facebook in my life, and I feel that being out of that tire fire may have done my mental psyche some incredible good in the long run. I will likely be deleting the account that I had put on Twitter associated with my gmail address, since I feel that since I have a discord account for what I was intending to use it for, it would likely save time if I don't use this Twitter account simultaneously with the cringe account that I said I was going to delete when something else happened, or my new account which as of right now, deletion is kind of indeterminate, since I know how, but if I feel I really gotta go... Then I gotta go... I'm not going to announce my departure or BS to the world. 

   To be honest, it's times like these where the old Buddy Wasisname song plays back the line about cutting out the boob tube and the phone, and telling the whole world that I've left home. And I have a feeling it will probably become more tempting of a prospect to do as the final go-around of this world suddenly devolves into the apocalypse no one will see coming and everyone will be running for their lives and stuff will happen faster than they can process mentally or physically.