The first usable verion of Windows is Windows 3.1

Linux has no built-in support for Windows programs, but many Windows programs and games can be used if you install Wine, a compatibility layer. There are some commercial programs that do the same thing, such as Cedega, that are targeted specifically at games, or Crossover Office, which is targeted at Micosoft Office.

Well, the huge difference between Windows 95 and Windows 2000 is that since Windows 95 is five years older than Windows 2000 Windows 95 is on the lower end of the scale of revolutionary technology.

Another big thing is the startup sound's origins of the two OSes.

Windows 95s startup sound was made (ironically) by someone on a MAC, while Windows 2000s was made on a cheap piano....

Windows 95 was missing a lot of tools used on Windows 2000, and one huge one was USB support.

See, Windows 95 needs an add-on for it to support USB, while Windows 2000 came with support standard. But then again, did USB even exist in 1995?

Another big fact is that the two OSes are targeted at different parts of life: 95 is targeted for educational and home use while Windows 2000 is a "Professional" (buisiness-targeted) OS. But Microsoft also created a (unstable) home version of 2000 dubbed Millennium Edition. (Millennium Edition is commonly known as ME)

It is one of the many releases of Windows operating systems, and the first of the Windows 9x family (which is targeted towards consumer/home use) up until the release of Windows XP which merged the 9x and NT families into "tiers".

Well, the huge difference between Windows 95 and Windows 2000 is that since Windows 95 is five years older than Windows 2000 Windows 95 is on the lower end of the scale of revolutionary technology.

Another big thing is the startup sound's origins of the two OSes.

Windows 95s startup sound was made (ironically) by someone on a MAC, while Windows 2000s was made on a cheap piano....

Windows 95 was missing a lot of tools used on Windows 2000, and one huge one was USB support.

See, Windows 95 needs an add-on for it to support USB, while Windows 2000 came with support standard. But then again, did USB even exist in 1995?

Another big fact is that the two OSes are targeted at different parts of life: 95 is targeted for educational and home use while Windows 2000 is a "Professional" (buisiness-targeted) OS. But Microsoft also created a (unstable) home version of 2000 dubbed Millennium Edition. (Millennium Edition is commonly known as ME)