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fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

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

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

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fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago
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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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    https://www.fedoraproject.org/ https://linuxmint.com/ https://archlinux.org/ https://www.debian.org/ https://elementary.io/ https://system76.com/pop/

    There are many safe open source options. If you need help there are ample resources available. If you want to you can also DM me.

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      Yeah, I’m well aware. But how much of my time would it take to get a bunch of windows software running smoothly on Linux?

      I do appreciate the offer of personal help, that’s an extremely generous offer to an internet stranger. Sincerely, thank you!

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        Depends on what software. Anything that happens in the browser works. A lot of other software can be run using Wine. There is some software which still has problems especially when using USB ports as serial ports etc. and a lot of subpar software (un)fortunately just doesn’t work because of it being badly programmed.

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