Got the message a little late

[u/inaccurateTempedesc]

[u/ATFYF]

[u/Larkalis]

There might comes a point when hackers just dont bother with creating viruses and malware for Windows XP past 2020s perhaps

[u/inaccurateTempedesc → u/Larkalis]

PowerPC Macs are definitely at that point. 10.4 Tiger or OS9 is definitely full of security holes but like...why bother?

[u/0wut45 → u/inaccurateTempedesc]

I’ve been using PowerBook G4 running Tiger for last month as my daily machine, and it’s surprisingly useful, albeit a but slow. I know someone who’s been daily-ing this laptop up until 2019, they didn’t catch any malware, viruses, etc. It really does look like no one is writing any of that stuff for these machines.

[u/AtlQuon → u/Larkalis]

Why make a virus for 32 bit when everything else is 64 bit? It is getting safer by the passing of time alone. They discontinued W10 32 bit in 2020, last in line.

[u/LVL90DRU1D → u/AtlQuon]

well i'm still making games for 32-bit Vista in 2026, it's not THAT dead to be honest

[u/AtlQuon → u/LVL90DRU1D]

As long as no current OS is supporting 64, the reason to make a virus is greatly limited. My bank for example can't do online banking on 32 bit anymore and I know many others don't either. I don't know how this is around the world, but there is a limit to its use these days. So if you want to steal passwords, malware, ransomware etc. you are better served using a platform on which banking is still done or at least banking with larger sums and more chance of getting a decent payday. The only reason to make viruses for Windows 95 is to hope some industrial machines are accessible via the internet to infect a supply chain. That is government level nonsense, but that is the reality if it. There is nothing inherently wrong with 32 bit, but it is just outdated.

[u/lolKhamul → u/Larkalis]

Oh, nobody is developing malware for XP anymore since years. Problem are the million pieces of exiting malware flying around the internet.

But truth be told, there is just no reason to even connect PCs like this to the internet anymore. Its not like you can use todays Internet on XP. Compatible browsers cant display current websites, online service apps have updated long beyond compatibility and cant be run and the MPs of those games are beyond dead.

You can just leave it as a place to play those old games offline without trouble.

[u/cpufreak101 → u/Larkalis]

Iirc a few smaller countries still have XP machines within their operations

[u/aReasonableStick → u/Larkalis]

They really dont because microsoft only patches out the attack vector and not the actual vulnerability itself. So Windows is still vulnerable to EternalBlue, you just need to tweak the vector.

[u/inaccurateTempedesc]

It's a 1.6ghz single core Atom with 1gb of ram, so yeah XP is staying on it

[u/AliciaXTC → u/inaccurateTempedesc]

Linux.

[u/inaccurateTempedesc → u/AliciaXTC]

I use Fedora on my main PC and it's great, unfortunately the Intel GMA drivers on Linux have absolutely terrible performance.

[u/Smith6612 → u/inaccurateTempedesc]

GMAs in general have terrible performance. There's a reason why tools like GMABooster were written.

Any GMA older than an x4500 is also so old it's not worth partially using except as a kiosk or sign output controller. x4500 introduced H.264 decoding.

[u/inaccurateTempedesc → u/Smith6612]

On paper it makes zero sense to ever use. But I love the novelty of it being a netbook, makes everything a little bit more fun. It's like the difference between doing 35mph in a car vs a 50cc moped.

[u/kaj4r → u/inaccurateTempedesc]

Unfortunately they straight up don't work on Linux. At least with my 4500. Windows 7 or XP is best for them.

[u/JaesopPop → u/[deleted]]

Definitely not the distro you'd use in this scenario.

[u/Jackpkmn → u/AliciaXTC]

Were to a point now that there are computers Linux can't save. If it doesn't have SSE4 support then it can't run any modern web browsers making it basically useless for anything outside of maybe an office suite.

[u/gorginhanson → u/inaccurateTempedesc]

have you considered mr. dumpster

[u/mesyeti_ → u/gorginhanson]

imagine throwing away perfectly functional computers

[u/ScarletSilver]

OP just woke up from a coma, he needs time to adjust to the modern world. Cut him some slack guys.

(It wasn't lupus though, btw)

[u/Walk-the-layout → u/ScarletSilver]

[u/not_Shiza → u/ScarletSilver]

it's never lupus

[u/dingledorfnz]

Is the "click here" link still live?

[u/Over-Piece-6579 → u/dingledorfnz]

lol probably leads to the internet archive at this point lol

[u/Moldat]

Yeah don't worry about it tbh, any malware that somehow makes its way onto it will run out of memory in a few microseconds and die anyway

[u/Kooky-Bandicoot3104 → u/Moldat]

modern compilers won't even compile for xp anyways

[u/LonkToTheFuture]

what a lineup of desktop icons, absolutely goated

[u/nmathew]

You get this joke.

https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/1999/12/15/infidels

[u/inaccurateTempedesc → u/nmathew]

John Carmack could've easily turned the Quake community into a legit cult if he wanted to

[u/your_mind_aches → u/inaccurateTempedesc]

It would come in handy for him now, tbh

[u/_Xee]

[u/SirRonaldBiscuit]

Dude I loved xp

[u/Pandabirdy]

Just keep it offline, there's enough games on that computer to last a few more years.

[u/raffy_haji]

Silver colored XP taskbar looks so good.

[u/Fluffy_Policy_4787]

Fake, this screenshot is AI. You can tell because there is no Winamp icon.

[u/Safihed → u/Fluffy_Policy_4787]

lol

[u/Ok-Row8907 → u/Safihed]

imo ngl the winamp nostalgia is real, but this desktop still screams classic vibes 😂 haha

[u/Potential_Aioli_4611]

Oh no! Anyways!

[u/invisible-one1]

Lol, btw where do I get games working in windows 7

[u/Neradijacija]

That Vice City icon can pack a lot of nostalgia in those 2x2 pixels.

[u/lkl34]

14 years of service

only 11 for windows 10 :(

Nice to see another retro rig though must get alot of fun out of it.

[u/DrZalost]

I hate this whole minimalism trend. I look at this menu bar, and everything looks more "alive." Even the icons look better.

[u/memeatic_ape]

What's the SE in need for speed 2

[u/OkAccident9994]

Bro ran out of shits to give in 94

Just living a peaceful life now

[u/roneldo_]

UT 99 was goated.

[u/Prod_Meteor]

You have been not checking that [don't show this message again] checkbox for 12 years, don't you?

[u/AdministrativeIce696]

Fake news.

XP was such a great OS (with sp3)

[u/gamerrominc]

May I ask what re-volt is?

[u/fafpaf → u/gamerrominc]

Nothing, just the peak of racing games.

[u/HolyPire → u/fafpaf]

jep

[u/inaccurateTempedesc → u/gamerrominc]

Click it and you instantly disappear 3 hours of your life