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Questions about this implementation's legality? Liability? Security? https://github.com/hectorm/docker-qemu-win2000/blob/master/D... Makes me think this is done as a POC, but definitely fork a local copy as you can just swap that line out with your local copy of a Win2k ISO
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Using their own outdated, unsupported browser? Why should they develop websites against a 22 year old browser version?
On the one hand, it’s a sign of technical prowess to be able to accommodate browsers going that far back. On the other, it’s kind of embarrassing not to have a barebones version of your website load in case an old browser is detected. IE5 had Ajax after all, what more does a search box really need? The answer? Endless tracking and cookies and phoning home. God forbid someone uses a browser we can’t use to collect inf…
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Using their own outdated, unsupported browser? Why should they develop websites against a 22 year old browser version?
I realize that it probably doesn’t pay, but it wouldn’t be that difficult to implement just a form to type queries and a basic html result page that works without javascript.
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I've also used Server 2019 on a desktop and it's pretty solid. A couple of pointers: - If you're considered a "student" by any means, you probably have access to an institutional email address that gives you access to Azure for Students. Through the Azure site, you can download an ISO for any LTSC edition of Windows Server (including Datacenter) and get a valid license key. This is a great way of saving money and avo…
Driver support isn't a given. There's lots of normal hardware which may never be server qualified. You can make a desktop that will run server fine, but it's kind of a Linux situation; you can't pick random parts and assume they'll work.
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I think it's ironic. Microsoft since the dawn of time has been known for backwards compatibility in Windows. They would go out of their way to ensure random 16 bit apps with bugs and major issues continued to work through years of major upgrades to Windows. Raymond Chen has written countless stories of the hacks upon hacks they had to keep running through the years: http://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/images/9780321440303…
And just recently on here I was talking about how MS is known for backwards compat but we actually observe Linux doing it better
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Why do you think Windows isn’t a real OS? It successfully powers I’d guess hundreds of millions of devices.
To be fair, Linux powers quite literally billions of devices
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I haven't found any app that doesn't run on windows server that does on win desktop. I don't game, so never tired games... Wsl on 2019 was limited to v1, but think that got to v2 on 2022... Docker works, all dev tools work... Yea, all good!
The issue is hardware. Most gaming hardware does not have server qualified drivers which may mean you can't use your hardware. Issues normally with WiFi cards and GPUs, most other things will work. No chance of running Windows Server on a laptop. The qualification is to prevent random crashes; it's not really needed, but it is hard to impossible to disable last I checked.
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It is a joke to say that it is not a real OS. But if you want to argue: You could say that a 'real OS' must be 'mostly POSIX-compliant' [1]. That way most other OS (Linux, MacOS, iOS) but not Windows would be included in your definition of a 'real OS' ;-) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX#Mostly_POSIX-compliant
I wouldn’t get why POSIX is the only way to design an OS.
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Isn't this a security vulnerability?
In modern browsers, google.com is in the HSTS preload list, so the browser won't even make an initial request over HTTP.
You can see the full HSTS list here I believe: https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/master:n...