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Windows XP Reviews

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Windows XP mentions (3)

• Toyota blames factory shutdown in Japan on ‘insufficient disk space’

  > They have no time for development hipster nonsense https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-xp-support-has-ended-47b944b8-f4d3-82f2-9acc-21c79ee6ef5e > extraction games for unwanted features https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/12/23204950/bmw-subscriptions-microtransactions-heated-seats-feature. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• New Submission, Windows XP

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• Slowly Web Client version 2.1.1 is now out - Adds 'Windows Notifications' and 'Show Weather and Local Time' options in Settings. The Best Slowly client keeps getting better...

  Just a quick follow-up here, nobody should use Windows XP in the wild anymore unless absolutely necessary. It's marked as end-of-life, so it will no longer receive security patches. It will become more and more of a Swiss cheese in terms of security. If Windows 10 is not an option but you are technically somewhat apt, I recommend to evaluate if a switch to Linux might serve you better. Source: about 3 years ago

elementary OS mentions (143)

• Microsoft Edge ignores user wishes, slurps tabs from Chrome without permission

  I hear you, but they've all moved along in leaps and bounds. Some options if you ever look again - * ElementaryOS(https://elementary.io/). - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Linux distributions for beginners in 2024: Expert tested and reviewed

  I’ve seen Raycast adjacent apps for Linux, but I don’t know what the current go-to all the kids are using these days. I used Quicksilver on OS X back in the day, which kind of defined the category I think. But these days I try to keep it simple. Elementary OS seems to be trying to solve for the design issue, but it’s not as polished as macOS and there are still all the 3rd party apps to contend with. I’ve tried... - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Linux Lite: Easy to Use Free Linux Operating System

  I thought ElementaryOS was dead due to infighting between the two cofounders, but it still seems to be going: https://elementary.io/ (I installed it on one box a few years ago and liked it, but moved back to Ubuntu once I learned about its conflict in the team.). - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• Recommend me a distro for my stepdad

  As an alternative to the other (great) suggestions, check out ElementaryOS. Source: 10 months ago

• How many of you are still using mullvad?

  But get an old laptop, download and install on it https://elementary.io/, or PopOS or Debian (they all resemble macOS) or whatever distro you like the most. And start tinkering. Source: 10 months ago