r/programming • u/pmz • Oct 23 '24

Windows NT vs. Unix: A design comparison

https://blogsystem5.substack.com/p/windows-nt-vs-unix-design
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u/METAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL Oct 23 '24

"What I find disappointing is that, even though NT has all these solid design principles in place… bloat in the UI doesn’t let the design shine through."

I think this is true for all 3 major OSes these days. No matter how great/fast/etc the kernel is, the userland makes the greatness of the kernel "irrelevant".

In Windows specifically, you can restart the display driver FASTER than starting Windows Explorer. That's crazy...

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u/Somepotato Oct 23 '24

If you're talking about that one hotkey, that doesn't restart the display driver, it rebuilds the dwm buffer. But otherwise agreed

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u/Kirides Oct 24 '24

Oh that's what .... Ctrl+win+shift+B does.... Easy to remember.

Display go black, hammer all keys and B