Post #1201212

2026-03-27 02:06 UTC

@codemonkeymike Older versions of Windows and Mac OS install on them anyway, too. (I'm typing this from a computer running Windows XP.)

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@anatudor@mastodon.social 2026-03-27 07:52

@vwestlife @codemonkeymike I have tried that for my dad. Win 7 install worked fine, true, but then using it didn't... at all. Couldn't even get it to connect to WiFi and he works remotely, so he needs that. Maybe someone who's a computer person could have done it, but I'm not one, my dad even less so and can't afford to pay for that. So then Zorin OS it was. Everything I couldn't get working on Win 7 worked right out of the box. My dad has a working computer instead of a dead one.

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@purple@nya.social 2026-03-27 02:46

@vwestlife@mastodon.social @codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org brave to bring it on the internet :\ (yes, old crap is still in the wild)

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@tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com 2026-03-27 02:52

@vwestlife@mastodon.social @codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org I like using Windows 2000 because it doesn't require activation. :blobfox:

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