I will be honest, I kinda hated Windows 95, and still do, back when I had a Vtech Laser 486DX desktop computer that had Windows 3.1 pre-installed, I tried Windows 95 and it gave me nothing but trouble, I had so many driver problems and random BSOD, I did finally get it running "acceptably" but it was a pain, I have a copy of one of my news group postings saying it took me 4 days to just get it installed and running, and I remember having trouble with the idea or concept of "shortcuts", and I remember accidentally deleting some files that I thought were only shortcuts, also I disliked the Windows 95 GUI back then, and preferred the Windows 3.1 GUI, heck even now I run Classic Shell on Windows 10 so I don't have to deal with that "unpleasant" start menu it has.
I also had OS/2 Warp installed back then, and liked it a lot, but I was not able to find drivers for all my hardware and I had trouble finding software for it.
When I setup a "retro" system it's DOS 7.1, Win3.11, and Win98SE, all on the same drive, and I patch any files needed so that it all can work with FAT32, and Windows 98SE is used mostly for it's USB support and working with files.
Windows 3.11 is fast, small, and simple, and that's why I like it.