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Old Feb 11, 2024 | 10:12 AM
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What OS do you use? Windows 10 still works for me with no problems, and I am familiar with it. I'll let Windows 11 get all the kinks worked out for a couple years and then download it when I actually see a reason to.
 
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Old Feb 11, 2024 | 11:36 AM
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Still win 10 for we, apparently my CPU does not pass the compatibility tests for win 11... oh well!
 
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Old Feb 11, 2024 | 11:04 PM
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I run Ubuntu Server 22.04.3 as my main OS. Then use Oracle Virtualbox to run VMs of other OS:

- Ubuntu 14, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23 (testing)
- Centos 6, 7, 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 8, 9
- Oracle Enterprise Linux 8, 9
- RockyOS 8, 9
- Windows XP, 7, 8, 10, 11
- for nostalgia's sake: Windows 2000, Solaris 2.5, NeXTSTEP

I'll evaluate any new OS as VM 1st just so I don't have to wipe my machine and load it. Then if it breaks system, very difficult to go back without clean install of previous OS, then all apps, then restore data from backups.
 

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Old Feb 12, 2024 | 05:42 AM
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Wow, virtually every OS under the sun, never ventured into the other options to Windows, maybe something to have a play with.
 
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Old Feb 12, 2024 | 08:56 AM
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I couldn't see what you'd written at first after the initial ask, I'm running Windows 10 I stuck with Windows 7 for as long as I could until the program became completely unusable through lack pf updates so 10 it is for now until I find another computer that will allow me to install 11.
 

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Old Feb 12, 2024 | 11:18 AM
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windows 10 mainly
Win 11 on my netbook for work use
Multiple versions oh mac OS over my mac mini, macbook pro and G5 tower
A few different distro of raspberry pi
 
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Old Feb 15, 2024 | 12:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Al1040
Wow, virtually every OS under the sun, never ventured into the other options to Windows, maybe something to have a play with.
Yeah, it’s really easy to run other OS as VMs.

You can use Oracle Virtualbox to run Windows 11 as VM on Windows 10 to try out. Can even download pre-built Win-11 VM from Microsoft. Even custom settings available to run Win11 as VM even if your CPU doesn’t have features to run it natively. Lots of guides and videos out there on how to configure. But Virtualbox is little awkward to use.

I think better package is VMware. Their free VMware Player comes bundled with Workstation package. You can download an evaluation version to get free Player (limited to running just one VM at a time). If you can find older version 14 or 15 Player, you can run unlimited VMs simultaneously (only limited by available memory).

VM is great way to try out other OS without having to reload your system or buying more computers. I used to have 10 systems on shelf in garage decades ago because hardware can barely run one OS. Now it’s so powerful, you can run 10 OSes simultaneously!
 

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Old Feb 15, 2024 | 05:59 AM
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Windows Me all the way baby!!
 
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Old Feb 15, 2024 | 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by hamlin6
Windows Me all the way baby!!
That so old it must be out of support by now. Even older than Windows XP :-)
 
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Old May 20, 2024 | 06:35 AM
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I recently seen a video of a guy runing an android box like windows with multitache screens


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Kodi
 

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