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WinWorld mentions (6)

• Where can I find cheap or free vintage computers/parts?

  Ebay probably. Try https://winworldpc.com/home for old software. Source: about 1 year ago

• add this link to the megathread please (has some old games, along with apporiate operlating systems to run them in the first place, e.g ISOs of Windows 95)

  I found a good website, I recommeed it, because there's no viruses, and it's just games and old OSes, I found DOS, which is good for most retro games from the 80's to the 90's https://winworldpc.com, I have gotten working windows 95 floppies, but there's also ISOs as well, sorry for the miss-spellings, but google chrome is crap when it comes to spell-check, which freaking doesn't work. Source: over 1 year ago

• I have got to get this computer running for a project, what do I do?

  Https://winworldpc.com/home will have all of the os you need. Source: about 2 years ago

• Was given this for free. So far I know it's an AMD k6-2. Boots and seems to detect an hdd but doesn't load an OS. Research is ongoing.

  A good start would be if you have another computer with a CD writer to get yourself a Windows ISO of your choice from WinWorldPC, burn it and boot that on this awesome machine. Source: over 2 years ago

• Where do I find Software for my new machine!

  Go check out winworld. Successfully running the classic TurboPascal from there, haven’t done much else since. Source: over 3 years ago

Xubuntu mentions (63)

• Can I run Linux on my old PC ?

  Yeah, for sure you can give It a try! Imo you have to use a lite desktop environment like xfce maybe . You can have a pretty good idea of what can be your experience Just running a live distro like Ubuntu xfceUbuntu xfce or Linux Mint xfce, if you are really desperate you can also try a very very lightweight like puppy linux. I Will try One of the First 2 in live mode and if It runs well you can install It on the... Source: 11 months ago

• Can my computer run linux VM?

  If you still want to try it on a VM, I'd recommend assigning just 1 GB to it, coupled with a lightweight desktop environment, like XFCE (you can use Xubuntu). Source: 12 months ago

• Should I use Ubuntu 16 in 2023?

  To get a modern lightweight Linux experience you can use a recent version of one the Ubuntu flavours that is optimized for low-resource machines: either Xubuntu (with XFCE) or Lubuntu (with LXQt). Source: about 1 year ago

• Why does resizing windows in Linux desktop don't feel quite as "snappy" as in other OSes?

  It works just fine for me in Xubuntu (Ubuntu with Xfce Desktop environment : https://xubuntu.org/ ). Source: about 1 year ago

• Distro Suggestion

  I run an older spec of the HP Stream. There's no perfect solution, it will be a bit laggy, but I've had good enough performance from the Fedora XFCE Spin and Xubuntu. Source: about 1 year ago