• ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    22 hours ago

    I mean if you’re dead set on it you can get a lot of modern things running on windows xp, chromium browsers, dx10/11 games, discord, etc. it’s a nightmare and you’ll have a ton of headaches (especially with the dx10/11 stuff, apparently, I’ve never tried any of this) but it’s possible

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        4 hours ago

        I mean to be clear I don’t do it. The only computer I run xp on is an old tektronik mainframe that only has lan access and needs proprietary software to work that only runs on xp

        I don’t really count that though since i literally only use it for the one app that allows the logic analyzer and oscilloscope cards to work

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      20 hours ago

      There are also hacked/modified XP builds floating around based off the source code leaks that backport some of the modern Windows OS features.

      Still not an “easy” experience though.