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How Valve's desperation to escape Windows 8 turned it into a Linux powerhouse (www.xda-developers.com)
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[–] Dave 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

If memory serves me correctly, Windows 8.1 introduced the right-click-on-start menu, arguably the best Windows start menu there ever was.

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

My memory of that time is getting foggy, but true - 8.1 definitely brought in a number of fixes to Microsoft’s initial, abominable Metro UI design.

[–] Dave 3 points 20 hours ago

The start menu was the beginning of the atrocious thing we have today, but right click on it, and you got a quick access menu to everything from a terminal shell to settings to actual shutdown options. It still exists in some form today.