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Typically credit card processing is handled entirely by a physical device plugged into the computer. The computer isn't in a PCI zone.
The POS is very much in the PCI zone, the PED and card readers will be certified separately.
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Windows 10 is good (really!) if you haven't taken a look at in a while. I switched from Mac on the Desktop to Windows 10 because I needed "pro" hardware (NVIDIA GPU, 1 TB RAM, etc) and it works just fine. They've really been on the ball in the last couple of years.
> Windows 10 is good Did Linux succeed because other UNIXes were bad? In my opinion, the reason why we need ReactOS is independent from whether Windows 10 is good or not. And yeah, I agree besides the privacy issues, Win 10 is pretty good
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>Eee PC Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time...
I was doing "spring cleaning" and found a box with Eee 901, so I was thinking whether to post it on eBay and sell for scraps, or upgrade it and make it a retro-gaming monster ;-)
Honestly, just grab a Raspberry Pi for your retro gaming console. It almost certainly does the job better, and the power usage difference will pay for itself soon enough.
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Windows 95 still borrowed a lot of code from MS-DOS, though. That's why you could still exit to the command prompt. I think you could do that through WinME.
Huh? Why would you even say this? There's no MS-DOS code in Windows 95, and you couldn't exit Windows 95 to a command prompt. Are you just trying to throw some FUD into this conversation?
Tried the livecd in a VM and a couple of niggles sprang up. First of all, no driver for the network card in Virtualbox, though Vmware worked fine. Second, no web browser... Third, the mouse sometimes freaked out and got stuck in a corner.
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It should be obvious enough, but perhaps you missed: you can install a browser, such as an old version of opera, by fetching its installer over the internet via ReactOS builtin "program downloader" (I do not remeber its name). If you meant lack of default browser preinstalled though, I agree with you its lacking. It's necessary to change the network card in VirtualBox for internet connection to work IIRC.
Ah, i missed the program downloader while poking around. I'll take another look.
If you install 7Zip, you should know that 7Zip does not associate itself with file extensions by default. This is 7zip behavior. You need to run 7zip, go to options, and set associations by clicking on the '+' button.
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> Windows 10 is good Did Linux succeed because other UNIXes were bad? In my opinion, the reason why we need ReactOS is independent from whether Windows 10 is good or not. And yeah, I agree besides the privacy issues, Win 10 is pretty good
Linux succeeded because bsd had legal issues.
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Windows 10 is good (really!) if you haven't taken a look at in a while. I switched from Mac on the Desktop to Windows 10 because I needed "pro" hardware (NVIDIA GPU, 1 TB RAM, etc) and it works just fine. They've really been on the ball in the last couple of years.
> Windows 10 is good Did Linux succeed because other UNIXes were bad? In my opinion, the reason why we need ReactOS is independent from whether Windows 10 is good or not. And yeah, I agree besides the privacy issues, Win 10 is pretty good
And on the desktop it took a backseat to MacOS for similar reasons.
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Cracks will always be around... and XP is one of the "simpler" ones compared to the newer Windows. "security" isn't a big deal either, just keep all your ports closed and don't run untrusted code or unnecessary services. AFAIK all the exploits have been on services and such, which shouldn't be exposed to the Internet anyway.
Newer Windows is still only two shell commands away from activation.
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Why not just run a FOSS OS?
Hardware support of laptops for FOSS is not that good unless you restrict yourself to Dell or IBM.
Here is a list of certified vendors for Ubuntu: https://certification.ubuntu.com/desktop/