Still on Windows 7.

I even installed XP on a machine because M$ decided that no one was to use a tape drive any more

from Win 7 and upward. They actually installed tape blocking rather than just removing the support modules.

Ba$tard$.

Cheers, Alysson

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On Mon, 25 Apr 2022 at 12:07, John Povenmire via <not.my_email=[email protected]> wrote:

The original reason I started using Linux was a computer that got it's
OS borked and I didn't have the money to replace it. Win 11 is a good
example, purposely locking out old hardware unnecessarily, because their
main customer is the computer manufacturers not the users.

On 4/25/22 03:40, SlickRCBD wrote:
> The normal response to saying you have an older edition of Windows is
> "That's not safe! You should stop using that old thing and upgrade to
> the latest version that gets security patches. If you can't upgrade
> Windows, it's time to get a new computer."
> That always irritates me, but it's the stock response. Computers are
> one of the few durable goods where you can't just keep using the thing
> for years but are forced to continue to buy new models for dubious
> reasons, mostly to line the pockets of Microsoft and the computer
> manufacturers.
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> I say this because Linux users can get far more use out of the same
> hardware.
> On 4/24/2022 7:45 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>> the more those behind tamper with what they consider
>> safe, the more difficult it can be to reach content.? Especially if
>> you are atypical, in say command line Linux, using older editions of
>> windows, are from? a different part of the world, in a mobile
>> platform that is neither apple or android etc.
>> ??sometimes I? can edit a link to and
>> reach the content.? sometimes even google searches done in basic html
>> will provide links that work when links
>> fail.
>> Same can be said for .
>> Which for me got broken again recently.
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