Ye olden days operating system

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[Lamb]

How about Windows 3.0 and 3.1 on floppy disks?

 

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How about Windows 3.0 and 3.1 on floppy disks?

finding a floppy disc drive would be difficult now.

Maybe one of my old PCs has one ...

 

[MoreCoffee]

There's something kind of comforting about the old operating systems. They were rather primitive and far from beautiful but they were predictable and reliable on the old hardware for which they were written. In a way it's a pity that we've moved on to things like android and windows 10 and os X ... in a way Linux is more like the old operating systems, it is still kind of wild and woolly - unpolished and a little primitive.

 

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I loved windows 98 sorry they quit supporting it

 

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I loved windows 98 sorry they quit supporting it

They stopped supporting Windows XP (except for point of sale versions). They will stop supporting Windows 7 in four or so years. But I agree, it is a pity they stopped supporting Windows 98.

 

[Lamb]

I liked Windows 98 too.

I have Windows 10 now but haven't had a chance to really play with it. It has its issues just like all previous versions of Windows.

 

[psalms 91]

They stopped supporting Windows XP (except for point of sale versions). They will stop supporting Windows 7 in four or so years. But I agree, it is a pity they stopped supporting Windows 98.

I also liked XP seems like everytime you get something that works well they change it

 

[MoreCoffee]

I also liked XP seems like everytime you get something that works well they change it

Yep, but it also seems that without a commitment from Microsoft to maintain it and keep malicious software at bay we have to move on from XP to 7 and now to 10.

 

[Stravinsk]

I'm moving to Linux this year primarily due to things I've heard about Windows 10, and windows in general. No root access built in to Linux OS. Harder to hack.

 

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I'm moving to Linux this year primarily due to things I've heard about Windows 10, and windows in general. No root access built in to Linux OS. Harder to hack.

Which Linux?

 

[Stravinsk]

Which Linux?

I've tried Ubuntu and Mint running from a USB. When I get all my files organized and onto other media, I'm going to wipe my main disk and install Linux Lite.

 

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I've tried Ubuntu and Mint running from a USB. When I get all my files organized and onto other media, I'm going to wipe my main disk and install Linux Lite.

You were not satisfied with Ubuntu or Linux Mint?

 

[Stravinsk]

You were not satisfied with Ubuntu or Linux Mint?

They were both fine, although Mint didn't shut down right (system would just hang). Ubuntu, no issues but it contained a feature which I thought was against the Free Software movement, and I wasn't excited about the interface.

I was impressed with a review I saw on Lite, have tried it already and it suits my needs. It's also a little less bulky and runs faster.

 

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They were both fine, although Mint didn't shut down right (system would just hang). Ubuntu, no issues but it contained a feature which I thought was against the Free Software movement, and I wasn't excited about the interface.

I was impressed with a review I saw on Lite, have tried it already and it suits my needs. It's also a little less bulky and runs faster.

It may be useful for my netbook - an old bit of technology but it runs a bible bot for me and if Linux Lite runs faster and lighter than Linux Mint 17.2 or Windows XP then it may serve my needs. I'll have a look at it and see. The Bot is written in Java and currently is running on Windows XP. Fortunately the Windows XP I am using is still supported by Microsoft and receives updates.

I do like Windows XP, it is rather light weight and quite fast and it has the advantage of drivers for every piece of hardware in the netbook.

 

[MoreCoffee]

I'm moving to Linux this year primarily due to things I've heard about Windows 10, and windows in general. No root access built in to Linux OS. Harder to hack.

I am pretty sure that root is accessible under Linux.

 

[Stravinsk]

I am pretty sure that root is accessible under Linux.

Not from what I understand, it isn't. Accessible by user/owner, of course, but not by outside parties like Windows is. One of the reasons so many viruses are written for the Windows OS is because hackers know they can tap into root. Linux systems are not with viruses, but they are much less numerous.

 

[MoreCoffee]

Not from what I understand, it isn't. Accessible by user/owner, of course, but not by outside parties like Windows is. One of the reasons so many viruses are written for the Windows OS is because hackers know they can tap into root. Linux systems are not with viruses, but they are much less numerous.

I am sure that a remote user can log in to root.

Under windows it is quite easy to password protect admin users.

One can also encrypt one's PC's drives.

 

[Stravinsk]

I am sure that a remote user can log in to root.

Under windows it is quite easy to password protect admin users.

One can also encrypt one's PC's drives.

Not without explicit permission from root user/Admin, they can't, not under a Unix based OS. If the information I have read/heard is correct Windows has (and has had for some time) built in backdoors into it's OS's that can be accessed without that explicit permission.

Encrypt - yeah, you can. Wouldn't do it with the default encryption provided by Windows though.

 

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Not without explicit permission from root user/Admin, they can't, not under a Unix based OS. If the information I have read/heard is correct Windows has (and has had for some time) built in backdoors into it's OS's that can be accessed without that explicit permission.

Encrypt - yeah, you can. Wouldn't do it with the default encryption provided by Windows though.

Under windows 10 and 7 remote access cannot be obtained without changing setting on your operating system to explicitly allow it. Even then a password is needed.