In some ways yes. I don’t think there was an OS that was that much clean looking and without bloat while having a good base. The basic install only gave you what you really need, and there’s some beauty in that.
I guess text-based Debian install would be comparable for servers, but that’s it.
That said I don’t think we necessarily went backwards, but just in different direction that some people dislike, and that’s OK, nowadays we have options anyway.
We peaked with Windows 2000. Operational systems have been going downhill ever since.
Temple OS was the peak of operating systems.
XP was a solid OS.
Windows 2022 has entered the chat.
In some ways yes. I don’t think there was an OS that was that much clean looking and without bloat while having a good base. The basic install only gave you what you really need, and there’s some beauty in that.
I guess text-based Debian install would be comparable for servers, but that’s it.
That said I don’t think we necessarily went backwards, but just in different direction that some people dislike, and that’s OK, nowadays we have options anyway.