u/BattlerUshiromiyaFan

People here love installing old Windows on their retro hardware, and sometimes even ultra-lightweight modern Linux distros, but I rarely ever see people install retro distros from the 90s like Slackware, Debian 2.0, Mandrake, etc.

Has anyone here tried this in the modern day? I know old distros were difficult to deal with, but that’s more interesting than just installing Windows 95 in my opinion.

I’ve been using Linux on-and-off for a while at this point, but one thing that always makes me begrudgingly run back to Windows is how unstable and break-y Linux is.

On top of that, I also dislike the DEs I’ve tried. They’re all rather inconsistent and annoying to navigate. KDE especially could do with a massive revamp in how their menus work.

I don’t want to use the terminal much, I don’t want things to break, and I’d like a DE that’s simple and intuitive instead of being bothersome.

Any suggestions?

I’m definitely not the only one who’s over 18 and grew up with Roblox. It’s been around for so long that there are likely people in their 30s that grew up playing it.

I just feel uncomfortable playing with young kids, to be honest. Not to mention that most revival players weren’t around to see pre-2017 Roblox and don’t have that same nostalgic connection.

A lot of kids also think that 2020 Roblox counts as “old Roblox”.

So honestly, I feel like it would be great if there was a revival for playing specifically with adults that share my nostalgia. If there’s anything like that with a strict age requirement, please let me know.

Asking because I’ve heard there are new exploits around that might give people with new firmware a chance.

I know they aren’t from Sony anymore, but I hear they’re still made by a Japanese company and manufactured in Japan, which is exceptionally rare nowadays.

Are they worth the money, or are they just overpriced laptops with a once-great brand name attached?

iPods are ridiculously overpriced basically everywhere.

The prices on eBay are horrible, and my local FB Marketplace sellers just copy the stupid eBay prices.

No one should be paying over a hundred dollars for 20-year-old hardware. It’s ridiculous.

How are you guys finding these things for cheap?

With the rising hardware prices, I honestly don’t know.

Just wondering

Is the whole age verification thing truly going to be unavoidable if we want to use the internet and social media? It seems like it would be very difficult to interact with society as well.

I know it’s already technically illegal to bypass it in many countries, but I don’t think it’s enforced, much like casual piracy. So, you can still kinda manage to avoid it.

However, I’m sure Big Brother will crack down harder eventually.

If that happens, I think we’re cooked.

I’m okay with my Neo, but the M2 apparently has a backlit keyboard, larger screen, better chip, etc.

Do you think the difference makes returning the Neo worth it?

Also worth noting that they’re around the same price (since I got education savings)