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192 points luu | 1 comments | 05 Dec 25 19:33 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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socalgal2 ◴[08 Dec 25 20:08 UTC] No.46196958[source]▶
This is great! But, it feels like it's only a matter of time before it changes ownership and everything is re-bundled with malware. It sucks that I can't get old downloads but it would be nice if they came from official sources. I don't have a solution. But looking for old drivers etc, mostly leads to bad sources.
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JohnTHaller ◴[08 Dec 25 20:25 UTC] No.46197178[source]▶
Legacy Update has been well-supported for over 3 years and takes donations via Github (11 current, 61 past sponsors) and Patreon (where you can sponsor up to $80 to fuel Adam's 3D printing addiction). I recommend it to our PortableApps.com users who are on older operating systems and use it in my virtual machines for testing our releases. I'm hopeful it'll stay as is for a while.
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1. kirb ◴[10 Dec 25 06:00 UTC] No.46214580[source]▶
Thanks for spreading the word John, it means a lot. In my teen years I discovered PortableApps and would read through the forum threads, fascinated by the ways the community tricked apps into being portable. Another incredible resource, and I really respect that it’s stayed around so long.