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Blue95: a desktop for your childhood home's computer room

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567 points elvis70 | 4 comments | 30 Mar 25 15:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.002s | source
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acyou ◴[30 Mar 25 20:50 UTC] No.43527502[source]▶
What are the benefits/drawbacks of using this vs. actually running Windows 95 or XP?

I'm assuming the PC will be mostly used for "educational software" (games), which you would want to run on XP. What benefit is there to running Fedora?

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1. mixmastamyk ◴[30 Mar 25 23:44 UTC] No.43528991[source]▶
95 and XP are different in terms of software selection.

Linux Benefits: Security patches (safety), software updates (convenience), hardware support, freedom, and privacy. Not to mention a modern browser, terminal, TLS, and filesystems like exfat.

Fedora runs Wine as well. Maybe not every 95/XP program will run, but I'd guess a lot of them do. You could also run the others in Virtual Box when needed.

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2. acyou ◴[31 Mar 25 06:23 UTC] No.43531759[source]▶
Ok, but you don't need any of that if you're just running 1990s/2000s Windows educational software on an air gapped OS with no Internet access, which is what you would want for this application.

Why would you want to mess around trying to get programs to half work on Wine when you can just have the real thing?

If you want your kid to have a web browser for educational purposes, I feel like you had probably might as well just hand them the iPad.

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3. mixmastamyk ◴[01 Apr 25 00:58 UTC] No.43541738[source]▶
Why tie up a whole machine/desk-space for something so niche? Probably a big 90s/2k sized desktop at that.
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4. acyou ◴[02 Apr 25 03:53 UTC] No.43553517{3}[source]▶
For kids, I would suggest a mid 2000s ASUS netbook.