Technology @lemmy.world fne8w2ah @lemmy.world 2mo ago

Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers

www.bbc.com Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers

As technology marches on, some people get trapped using decades-old software and devices. Here's a look inside the strange, stubborn world of obsolete Windows machines.

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Instead of using old proprietary shit you could use Linux or *BSD with a vintage desktop environment and have a blast

Something I noticed is that basic users (someone using a fucking 30 y/o OS is definitely one) have an easier time with *nix because most "technical" people are overfitted and brainwashed to the Micro$uck ecosystem
- Dude, you clearly have no idea about proprietary and specialised hardware. Which is fine, but you're choosing to attack people from your ignorance.
  
  Don't do that
- If a system is extremely old you can use Alpine Linux with no desktop environment

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