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Why did Microsoft use Windows 3.1 for the Windows 95 setup? (www.theregister.com)
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[–] Gurfaild@feddit.org 2 points 5 days ago

As far as I know, the Windows UI technically doesn't need GPU acceleration, but it does depend on DirectX - the Windows 8 developer preview included a software renderer so that Aero Glass worked even without GPU drivers.