Re: Re: AI-WX Weather Door Is
By: Lonewolf to MRO on Sat Sep 27 2025 03:38 pm

because my processor is blacklisted even though it meets the requirements. i was too lazy to change my processor and now so much
time has passed i'll just get a new desktop computer eventually.

I've bought several Dell 7050 and 3050 machines off of eBay that the processors are one generation too old. But if I turn on TPM 2.0 in
the bios, I can install a fresh copy of Windows 11 Pro and they run
without issue. They won't update from Windows 10, but they will
accept a fresh install. May be worth buying a new SSD and giving
it a try.

i'm not that eager to run windows 11. i have not hit any roadblocks and i'm not a big gamer. i can still play newer games most of the time as well.
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i'm not that eager to run windows 11. i have not hit any roadblocks
and i'm not a big gamer. i can still play newer games most of the time
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I prefer to use my mac than use my pc. All tech companies are evil, but I
find Apple less evil than Microsoft.

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Re: Re: AI-WX Weather Door Is
By: Utopian Galt to MRO on Fri Oct 10 2025 03:07 pm

MRO wrote to Lonewolf <=-

i'm not that eager to run windows 11. i have not hit any roadblocks and i'm not a big gamer. i can still play newer games most of the
time as well.
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I prefer to use my mac than use my pc. All tech companies
are evil, but I
find Apple less evil than Microsoft.

the only problem i have with microsoft is one or more founders are
pedophiles.

i dont find the company evil, i know dos people loved to talk shit about microsoft. they just wanted our money, not our information like most companies now. but i think that is changing but they still are not as bad as google and the other guys.

futhermore they did a lot to fight botnets, even taking over domains . they forced windows users to get updates, which i know rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. for the greater security safety of everyone, this was a good thing.
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Re: Re: AI-WX Weather Door Is
By: Utopian Galt to MRO on Fri Oct 10 2025 03:07 pm

I prefer to use my mac than use my pc. All tech companies are evil, but I find Apple less evil than Microsoft.

What about a Linux distro? I feel like that might be even less evil..

Nightfox

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Re: Re: AI-WX Weather Door Is
By: Nightfox to Utopian Galt on Sun Oct 12 2025 11:35 am

What about a Linux distro? I feel like that might be even less evil.

problem is its not easy. It needs to be dumbed down so a sixth grader can use it. I wanted to use linux to run my bbs, but im a slave to windows or i will need to get a os/2 licence and run EleBBS and fmail/2.

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Re: Re: AI-WX Weather Door Is
By: Utopian Galt to Nightfox on Sun Oct 12 2025 11:53 am

What about a Linux distro? I feel like that might be even less
evil.

problem is its not easy. It needs to be dumbed down so a sixth grader can use it. I wanted to use linux to run my bbs, but im a slave to windows or i will need to get a os/2 licence and run EleBBS and fmail/2.

Seems to me that could be a good learning experience..? You could install Linux in a VM to play with it and learn before setting up your BBS on it.

Nightfox

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Re: Re: AI-WX Weather Door Is
By: Nightfox to Utopian Galt on Mon Oct 13 2025 04:41 am

Seems to me that could be a good learning experience..? You could install Linux in a VM to play with it and learn before setting up your BBS on it.

I wish I could learn Linux... I am just too damn old. The RAM doesn't refresh properly any more...

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Re: Re: AI-WX Weather Door Is
By: Nightfox to Utopian Galt on Mon Oct 13 2025 04:41 am

Re: Re: AI-WX Weather Door Is
By: Utopian Galt to Nightfox on Sun Oct 12 2025 11:53 am

What about a Linux distro? I feel like that might be even less
evil.

problem is its not easy. It needs to be dumbed down so a sixth grader c > UG> use it. I wanted to use linux to run my bbs, but im a slave to windows > UG> i will need to get a os/2 licence and run EleBBS and fmail/2.

Seems to me that could be a good learning experience..? You could install Linux in a VM to play with it and learn before setting up your BBS on it.

Nightfox

FreeDOS runs well in VirtualBox on Ubuntu. Then you can create telnet to comports from Ubuntu to VirtualBox. I've been playing with this setup to get some older BBS software running like Wildcat! and SBBS.

RunStop

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Re: Re: AI-WX Weather Door Is
By: Bf2k+ to Nightfox on Wed Oct 15 2025 05:03 am

I wish I could learn Linux... I am just too damn old. The RAM doesn't refresh properly any more...

It's all about how you want to spend your time/energy. Windows includes Linux now, so there's really a very low barrier to entry (cost-wise, at least).
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