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ReactOS Can Now Boot With The Windows Audio Stack... But No Sound Due To Bugs (www.phoronix.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That's an interesting use case but why wouldn't they just keep using WinXP for those specialized aplications? Why fix what is not broken?

I know it's not secure, but it doesn't really matter when it's not connected to the internet?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Apart from security and upgrades, there might arise situations where you want to change aspects of the underlying operating system, and these changes might require changes to the source code.

Also if you remember Stuxnet, those computers were also ~~airgapped~~ not connected to the internet.