• twillow@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    It’s a decent read, and very true about “living dangerously”, as I currently have XP, OS/X, DOS (6 and 7) and others all virtualized and running. I run them on a separate subnet, away from my daily system and block them explicitly from accessing the internet.

    I do it purely for enjoyment, as I appreciate the retro “operating systems” as they are truly technical compared today’s modern desktop environments which run and look like a SmartTV OS. Also building memories of my form glory days of running BBSes, like RemoteAccess and others that don’t have a modern day rebuilds or reimagines.

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    1 year ago

    I just gutted msmpeng.exe from win10, runs like XP now! :D had to use Linux to do it

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    You all might not believe me but last year I knew someone who ran XP on his daily machine. It obviously didn’t work correctly with a bunch of things. I advised him to at least use a light Linux distro to access the internet, he didn’t care , and I didn’t push the subject anymore.

    He was a curious and very nice lad, pretty much “stuck” in the early www days (including his online minset), totally into retro anime but current online security wasn’t in his agenda. 😖

    Nothing against retro OSes, I have a old laptop with XP installed just for legacy stuff, but I don’t connect that thing directly to the internet.

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    React os always fascinated me. It can’t really run on physical hardware but it does run xp apps and some modern apps.

    If your machine can run xp chances are it can run a minimal Linux install