Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

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Trashbytes wrote on Yesterday, 14:58: WTB local flea markets and swap meets .. also a few e-waste places that give gear away. One can dream right. my in laws were going to recycle this one year old pc but they gave it to me to play with. Ubuntu runs fine.

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Re: redbook cd track audio test, is descent 2 the only tool to test this ?

Posted on Today, 02:31

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So midi and cd-audio can't coexist at the same time ? They can but Descent 2 they're completely different soundtracks and there's no logical reason for playing both of them at once. It's not out of a technical limitation. is there a media player program for Dos ? Sound Blaster card software often …

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Re: Soldering/electronics kits, mods or projects. Ideas,experiences and general discussion.

Posted on Today, 02:22

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I took up ham radio as a hobby and it's not for me. Results will vary

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2025-05-18, 13:58

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Amazon Prime Gaming *Requires Amazon prime to acquire. Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain (GOG) ENDLESS Legend Definitive Edition Mail Time (GOG) Saints Row: Gat out of Hell (GOG) Do you have a list of just the games directly to download from no launchers or online services to login to. Your very first …

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2025-05-18, 13:30

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DosFreak wrote on 2025-05-16, 00:04: Amazon Prime Gaming *Requires Amazon prime to acquire. […] Show full quote Amazon Prime Gaming *Requires Amazon prime to acquire. Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain (GOG) ENDLESS Legend Definitive Edition Mail Time (GOG) Saints Row: Gat out of Hell (GOG) Thank you

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Re: End of 10

Posted on 2025-05-18, 13:06

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Linux killed them off? It spread like the plag, after all, I think. I'm sorry…what?! linux is so versatile, i mean you are only limited by your imagination. Same goes for *BSDs, I guess anything thats under a libre license where you can fork it and do some unusual stuff. It killed off the selling …

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Re: The Homebrew Channel - open source edition closed and archived for good

Posted on 2025-05-14, 11:05

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jmarsh wrote on 2025-05-13, 23:27: twiz11 wrote on 2025-05-13, 22:03: The fact its still there tells me they arent worried about the wrath of nintendo coming after them for gamecube/wii/wiiu emulators. The Homebrew Channel isn't anything to do with gamecube/wii/wiiu emulators. It doesn't even run …

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The Homebrew Channel - open source edition closed and archived for good

Posted on 2025-05-13, 22:03

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by twiz11

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https://github.com/fail0verflow/hbc The fact its still there tells me they arent worried about the wrath of nintendo coming after them for gamecube/wii/wiiu emulators. I learned about homebrewing i guess in 2014 when the gamespy servers were shutting down and needed another way to play mario kart …

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Re: React OS now with Voodoo5 support

Posted on 2025-05-13, 21:59

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That was way back in 2009 or so, when Medvedev was still president (long before he went off the deep end), and when Russia was still on relatively friendly terms with the west. I have the feeling that this government funding initiative didn't really end up going anywhere. It's no secret that many …

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Re: End of 10

Posted on 2025-05-13, 21:58

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This only holds true for Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC, which is mainly reserved for businesses and such. Most people can't really get access unless they are part of such an institution(?) or are willing to resort to dubious methods. For the standard user, its best to update to Winblows 11 by October …

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Re: End of 10

Posted on 2025-05-13, 13:03

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have you tried migrating to say debian bases os at work instead of windows 11? I use a thin client that loads ubuntu from a main server in order to use scanning tools. Many companies, especially the big ones, will not allow you to use anything other than a pre-approved list of operating systems on …

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Re: End of 10

Posted on 2025-05-12, 20:37

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ncmark wrote on 2025-05-12, 20:09: huh? have you tried migrating to say debian bases os at work instead of windows 11? I use a thin client that loads ubuntu from a main server in order to use scanning tools.

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Re: End of 10

Posted on 2025-05-12, 19:26

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They forced Windows 11 on me at work because the support is ending. I mean,. what do they think is really going to happen. especially overnight? you can try convincing your superiors to move to debian. Ubuntu on those HP desktop all in ones work great. One issue is the bang and olufsen speakers …

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Re: End of 10

Posted on 2025-05-11, 14:10

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I have been observing the user: some of the posts look completely normal as an user like their Syberia GOG issue, however the language looks extra refined. It may be possible they are using a translator as well? i have been using my phone microphone talk to text feature in conjunction with …

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Re: End of 10

Posted on 2025-05-10, 16:07

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Umm twiz11... are you an AI? I have been observing the user: some of the posts look completely normal as an user like their Syberia GOG issue, however the language looks extra refined. It may be possible they are using a translator as well? i have been using my phone microphone talk to text feature …

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Re: React OS now with Voodoo5 support

Posted on 2025-05-10, 16:04

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Alexey B. is a fine gentleman who's politics do not align with Mr Putin's. Again, I hung out in the dev chat for a long time. He only cares about the quality of the project, and such politics mean nothing. That may be but we got to consider the possiblity of maintaining two separate forks? The …

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Re: End of 10

Posted on 2025-05-10, 15:58

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But I was listening to someone speak about what his prediction is, and he says what's likely going to happen is MS and Apple are moving to walled-in cloud/gadgets, and that Linux will be the sole survivor for the desktop environment. So Linux will be the last man standing winner of the traditional …

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Re: React OS now with Voodoo5 support

Posted on 2025-05-08, 15:33

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So you bought a License of Windows XP Professional? When you bought a new PC, many dealers offered to give you the Professional version for an additional charge instead of the Home version. Eventually, yes. When XP was very young, I got a copy by a family friend for, um, evaluation. After some …

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Re: React OS now with Voodoo5 support

Posted on 2025-05-08, 15:31

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So you bought a License of Windows XP Professional? When you bought a new PC, many dealers offered to give you the Professional version for an additional charge instead of the Home version. Eventually, yes. When XP was very young, I got a copy by a family friend for, um, evaluation. After some …

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Re: React OS now with Voodoo5 support

Posted on 2025-05-08, 15:26

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wierd_w wrote on 2025-05-07, 12:30: Iirc, it was license incompatibility. i dont understand why we need nfts read/write. I mean if we can read ntfs fine we can copy files over to an ext4 or btrfs system. Wine or dosbox or i guess virtualbox don't really care where the files are at for reactos

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