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[-] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 months ago

95 was the last good windows i said what i said

[-] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago
[-] 0x0@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago

XP SP3 enters the chat.
Ride the sine wave...

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[-] i_am_somebody@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 months ago

I did like 98SE a lot, was impressed by 95 and loved 3.1, but the first really great, stable, modern windows was 2k

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[-] Evil_Shrubbery 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

With the list of old Windows vulnerabilities so extensive Firefox could simply just install Linux for users like that.

Most of them (I assume such VMs don't use browsers) would just click [Agree] and then [Next] a few times, never knowing what was it about, maybe not even noticing any differences.

/s

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[-] SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I like linux and I use it (Raspbian, Zorin, Ubuntu, Arch: diff machines). I also enjoy using Win 8.1 on my Lenovo M93p Tiny (8GB ram), as a Playnite appliance / console. This allows me to play emulated games (Wii, Gamecube, PS2, to about 1.5-2x upscale), ~2013ish era AAA titles (Fallout 3, Just Cause 2, Dead Rising 2, GTA IV) and select indy games (like Donut County, Untitled Goose Game, EXO ONE) all from one device.

Normally, the advice would be to use something like Bazzite or Batocera (and I agree!)...but given the hardware limitations and the "it just runs" nature of these older Window games (under windows) I've had better experiences sticking to Win 8.1.

YMMV but the "switch to linux cause windows too old" thing has some shades of gray.

[-] Ashiette@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

If you play on a machine that is not connected to internet, then by all means there is no reason to switch. But of you are connected to the internet, then those system pose security risks and you would be better off having an up to date system. If Win 10 wasn't EOL then maybe the advice to upgrade to Win10 would be solid.

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[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago
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