The 7 Worst Operating Systems Ever

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Have you ever wondered what was the worst  operating system in all of history? That's   what we're going to go over today. I'm ThioJoe and  I made this list of the top seven worst operating   systems in history. So we're going to go over in  order, at least in my opinion, what they were. Some of these, you may have heard of some of them  almost, definitely not, but still, if you have one   that you hate even more, you can always let us  know down in the comments. So starting off with   number seven, we have Windows ME, officially  pronounced Windows Me, this came out in the   year 2000. And this has such a bad reputation.  It's actually nicknamed, sometimes people say,   as "Windows Mistake Edition", although it's  funny because this was such an unpopular   operating system that most people saying how  bad it was never actually used it themselves. Technically, the ME stands for Millennium  Edition. And basically this was supposed   to be for personal users as opposed to  Windows 2000, which was around the same time,   and more for business and enterprise. And most  say that the problem with Windows ME was that   it was a rushed attempt, at the last minute,  and never really needed to exist in the first   place. It was just kind of there to fill a gap  for people who were personal users of Windows   2000. And it didn't really need to exist because  it came between Windows 98 and Windows 98SE,   which was superior before it. And then it  was followed by the far superior Windows XP,   which again, obviously became extremely popular.  So there was kind of that weird middle ground. And   Windows ME had a reputation of crashing, being  slow and having a lot of performance issues,   bugs, and just a reputation  of being terrible in general. So in that super short lifecycle,  there wasn't really any time to   improve it or fix it by the time XP came out. And  it had such a small market share that most people,   hearing the reputation, just stuck with  Windows 98, didn't even bother using it. I was able to actually boot Windows ME into a  virtual machine. And I think it just looks like   any other version that's old, of Windows. So it  looks almost exactly the same, like Windows 2000   that I remember using in school. But Microsoft did  actually add a lot of features to it. For example,   Internet Explorer 5.5. It had Windows Movie  Maker, which made it so anyone could edit   videos. And it also had a bunch of hideous  Windows Media Player themes and skins. I mean,   honestly, what are these? These  are just truly bizarre. So yeah,   Windows ME definitely goes down in history  as one of the worst versions of Windows. Moving on to number six, we have MS-DOS  version 4.0. Now the series of MS-DOS   operating systems were not actually that  bad. They were considered pretty good,   especially version 3.3. But when 4.0  came along, there were some problems. The biggest problem was that DOS 4.0 was found to  crash constantly and freeze by those who used it,   or at least some of them. So again,  it had a horrible reputation and also   was really buggy with compatibility problems. Even  though it did have such a horrible reputation,   though, it did add some significant  features. For example, it had a GUI   and it actually had support for mouses  if you actually had the driver for it. And surprisingly, after a bit of digging,  I was again able to install MS-DOS 4.0 onto   a virtual machine. And there's not much to  see though. Apparently back then there was   nothing pre-installed. So it's basically  just the command prompt, the file system,   the ability to change theme  colors, and some DOS utilities. So looking in DOS utilities, it basically just  lets you set the date and time and copy discs.   That's pretty much it. Backup and restore and  format. And then the change colors had some ugly,   ugly colors. That's all I can  say. You had the file system,   which was basically just a file Explorer  program, which kind of shows directories and   files within it. And there's not much in the  file system. You can see that there are some   old programs you might recognize though, such  as CHKDSK. And then the command prompt is pretty   much what you'd expect. It looks really similar to  what we have today. So just even fewer commands. I mean this version of DOS literally  didn't even have the help command,   which was introduced in 5.0. So yeah, basically  DOS 4.0 ,was just found to be very buggy,   unstable, and most people just stuck with 3.3. All right. On a number five, we have one  that you probably have never heard of before.   It's called the Incompatible Timesharing  System, ITS, and this is from the 1960s. Basically it was created by hackers in  the '60s at MIT for use on the PDP-6   and PDP-10 series computers. So these are big old  style computers that are basically mainframes,   not the type of personal computers you're used  to. And this operating system was written pretty   much from scratch in assembly code. So pretty  close to machine code. If you asked me and I   don't know why the name says "incompatible",  maybe it's because it was specifically written   for just those computers and wouldn't really work  on anything else. But the timesharing part of it   means that it was for computers that are meant  to be shared, remotely possibly, not just a   personal computer. So a lot of times, these  old computers were mainframes and then people   would be allowed to have access for a certain  amount of time on those computers and use it. Now this operating system being so early in the  computer era was not necessarily bad for its time.   However, looking back at it, it was missing a  lot of stuff that we take for granted today and   can't imagine not having. For example,  there was a flat directory structure,   which basically meant that there were no  sub-directories whatsoever. Every user   got one directory. That was it. You had to put  everything in there, no organization whatsoever. Also apparently it only allowed files to have  exactly a six character file name. And it was   Mono Case, which means that you couldn't have  different uppercase and lowercase letters. It   didn't matter. Another interesting  thing is that security was basically   non-existent. There were no passwords initially,  so anyone could log into anyone else's session,   but it was apparently polite to apparently  log in so that people could see you wanting   to get on. I don't exactly know how it  worked, but there were no passwords. And also that meant that anybody could edit  anyone else's files in their other directories,   even the system files and source  code. So if someone was malicious,   they could literally just go in  and just delete everything off. But I believe because it was at  MIT and probably everyone using it   was faculty or staff and other people  could see the logs to see who did what,   it was probably just in everyone's best  interest to behave in there. So yeah,   not exactly an operating system that I  think would work out too well these days. All right now on a number 4, we have JavaOS.  This was a operating system built entirely,   or mostly on Java by Sun Microsystems or the  subsidiary JavaSoft. This operating system was   announced in 1996, but it only lasted three  years before being discontinued in 1999,   because apparently, basically nobody used it. And because there were basically no computers  that actually did run on it. I did have some   trouble finding some screenshots. But you can see  some examples of programs that were using this. Now in the initial press release announcing  this operating system, it described it as,   "a highly compact operating system designed to  run Java applications directly on microprocessors,   in anything from net computers to pagers." So  basically it was designed to be very compact   and be able to run on "embedded devices". So  these aren't necessarily personal computers,   but also be able to do on ATM's or like it said,  pagers, very small discrete purpose-built devices. And it was actually licensed by several major  companies, but apparently they never actually   used it, even though they licensed it. Also  from what I've read because the operating   system was written in Java as opposed to C,  which was like most other operating systems,   people said that this operating system  would have tended to run a lot slower   than the other operating systems. So  that probably didn't help anything. Based on what I could find, really the only  computer that ever did actually run on it   was the Javastation computer, which was created  by Sun Microsystems themselves. And this thing   was even so unpopular that I could really only  find a few grainy screenshots from ancient   documentation files. But I would recommend  if you're interested in this Javastation, there's another YouTuber by the name  of Cameron Gray, who did a whole video   about the Javastation. He was able to get  it to boot up. So rather than, you know,   steal his screenshots and stuff, I will direct  you to go check out his video. It's very cool.   He's able to boot it up and you can see  the whole interface and stuff on his video. So basically JavaOS was a complete failure that  only lasted three years and it only ran on pretty   much one computer that was officially built by  Sun Microsystems and no one even really used that. All right, onto number three, you guys knew this  one was going to be on the list. It's Windows   Vista from 2006. Now I should point out that  eventually, after some service packs, Vista did   turn out okay. But on launch and for a while, it  was pretty much a disaster. A lot of people just   have a lot of problems. For example, because of  the new fancy graphics with Aero and a lot of the   stuff being upgraded and improved in the backend,  it was very hardware intensive. So a lot of people   who were maybe upgrading from their current  computer to Vista from XP, they would notice that   Vista would run a lot slower on the equivalent  hardware. So they thought that "Well, Windows   Vista just sucks." But really it was probably just  their computer. But at the same time, it wasn't   exactly their fault, because you kind of expect a  certain level of performance if you're upgrading. Also because a lot was redone on the backend,  there was compatibility issues which relied on   equipment manufacturers to update the drivers that  you could download. And sometimes they were slow   to do this, or didn't do it at all. So maybe your  keyboard or mouse, if it didn't get an update,   you wouldn't be able to use it, as well. And  apparently even more central device manufacturers   for core components like NVIDIA for graphics  cards, even though they did update the drivers,   they caused crashes and stuff. So there was  just a lot of problems with the drivers overall. Another thing that people didn't like is the User  Account Control. This was a really great feature   in terms of security, but it was so new and  people just found it very annoying and intrusive,   because every time you would try to do something,   it would pop up a prompt to do  it. And it would just be annoying. And perhaps it was too intrusive  because even now these days   on Windows 10, I think it's a lot better. I  even have my UAC set to maximum on Windows 10.   And I believe that pops up way less frequently  than it did on Windows Vista back in the day. And there were some features that I actually  really liked. For example, the Gadgets pane.   I was kind of sad when that was removed  in later versions. And after about a year,   Service Pack One was released, which fixed a lot  of things. And then a year later Service Pack Two.   But by that time, Windows 7 was just around  the corner. People were using the beta of that,   seeing how great it was. And because  Windows XP was already so popular before,   a lot of people saw the reputation  of Windows Vista and just said,   "You know what? I'm never going to even  bother using that. I'm going to stay on XP   and then maybe upgrade to Windows 7." So Windows  Vista never really got even a chance to recover. All right, on to number two, you probably knew  this one was coming as well. It's Windows 8,   from 2012. Basically at the time, Microsoft  was trying to really blend desktop and mobile   tablet interfaces. I guess they saw that mobile  devices were becoming more popular and they said,   "You know what? We should have the same exact  interface on a desktop with a keyboard and mouse   as a touchscreen tablet", which did not exactly go  over too well. And in my opinion, this is because   they really shifted too far towards the being  touch friendly part of it. For example, they did   a lot of things that were horrible on a desktop.  They removed the start button, for example.   They had the start menu become just a full screen  start screen. And while yes, this may have played   out well, if you were using a touch pad device,  on a desktop it really just didn't translate. Windows 8 also had the new Metro style apps, which  are now known as Universal Windows Platform Apps.   And these were a bit confusing as well,  because they would open in full screen,   but they had no way to minimize  or close out. There was no close   out or minimize button on these. So  people were really confused by them. There was also the Charms Bar, which had  to be accessed by swiping from the right   or moving the cursor over. But it was  not really intuitive. There were no real   instructions on how to use anything. So if  someone came up to the computer and didn't   know how to access those things, they  would just not be able to access them. Another really weird thing was that  you could get to the desktop interface,   but only by clicking on the desktop tile on the  start screen. And there was no way to boot to   the desktop by default. And once you were  there, there was no start button. So it was   not exactly clear how to get back to the start  screen. You had to basically press the Windows   key on your keyboard, which is not intuitive  at all. I almost never use that key anyway. Now eventually Microsoft did release Windows 8.1   in 2013, which improved a lot of the Windows  interface for keyboard and mouse. For example,   it brought back the start button, which would  open the start screen. So there were still no   start menu, but at least the button was there.  It also allowed you to boot to the desktop by   default. And also they later added the close  and minimize buttons to Windows Store apps. So obviously a lot of people found this  super confusing coming from previous   versions of Windows. Though, it wasn't all  necessarily bad, there were actually some   good additions. For example, the Fast Startup  feature, which allowed much faster boot times.   There were task manager improvements.  There was an upgraded Windows Explorer.   It also included Windows Defender built-in,  which was a reasonable antivirus. There was   also a support for DPI scaling if you have  different monitors of different sizes.   And there was also cloud syncing settings. So a  lot of features, but because it was so unintuitive   and just had such a bad reputation, a lot of  people didn't even bother upgrading. I know I   didn't. I just stuck to Windows 7. I was like,  "I am not even going to touch that." I did try,   I think one computer that was using it. It was  so bad that I didn't even want to use it at all. So finally, on a number one, in my opinion,  the worst operating system in history,   we have Lindows From 2001. No I'm not misspeaking.  No, that's not a spelling error. There was   actually an operating system called Lindows. And  no, it wasn't a joke either. It was a legitimate   serious attempt to basically create an operating  system based in Linux that had a Windows-like   interface and also supported running major Windows  applications through use of Linux's Wine API. The problem was... It didn't work. And apparently  after just a few months of trying to develop it,   the creators eventually scrapped the initial  idea and focused on just making an operating   system that would make it very easy  to install Linux applications on it. But there were actually some interesting features  they did add to it, for example, a so-called   "click and run" software distribution service,  which was GUI based, which made it very easy to   install any number of Linux software packages.  Keep in mind, this was back in 2001, when that   was sort of a novelty. The service apparently  had over 30,000 apps that could be installed   through this. However, it wasn't free. There was  a basic service, which was about 20 bucks a year,   which allowed you to use it. And at the  time it actually received a lot of criticism   from the Linux community for having paid  proprietary software in there that you had   to pay for it to use, which was kind of against  the whole idea of the Linux community I guess. Also Microsoft wasn't exactly happy about  this whole thing either because of the name,   I guess. So they actually sued the  creators of Lindows and actually   lost. The court sided with the Lindows  creators. However, Microsoft eventually   settled by supposedly paying $20 million to  them to buy the rights to the name Lindows.   So then the operating system was renamed to  Linspire, which is what it's still called today. So it wasn't like this was just some random hobby  project. It actually did get a sort of amount of   recognition and actually companies bought it.  And it has changed hands in terms of ownership   over the years. So it is a legitimate operating  system. It just never really became popular   because of all the criticism, and well,  it's just kind of a weird concept. And   there's plenty of other way more popular  distributions of Linux, such as Ubuntu.   So it really just never took off, which  is probably why you've never heard of it. So let me know down in the comments, if you have  an operating system that you think should have   been number one, or you think that should  have been on the list in the first place,   let me know down there. If you guys want to  keep watching, the next video I'd recommend   is one I made recently talking about Windows  features that you probably didn't know that   you could disable. So I'll put that link  right there. You can just click on it.   So thanks so much for watching guys  and I'll see you in the next video.
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Published: Wed Sep 23 2020
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