Bob-23
Senior Member
At the core of the discussion of the so called "right to repair" is a profound misunderstanding: that you own a device when you've bought it.
Well, not for the average user. With your setup for you, maybe. It really depends on what you do with it. I have some retro hardware around, I don't worry too much about it from a security perspective - but those machines aren't my daily drivers either.No thanks, XP is completely usable and perfectly safe as it is
They do not, simply because the software distribution model requires it. Steam does allow publishers to publish games that can be played offline though, but most use online DRM schemes these days. Really, it is the service centric, apps rather than protocols, mindset of today that makes it hard to go fully libre. You can, but you will have to give things up.What I'd consider the best "way" is to have a powerful machine isolated from the WAN to do the hard work (in my case, waifu2x-cpp, x264, aom/rav1e) via ssh and a "libre" ARM computer without any firmware problems (i.e. with Vivante GPU and not Broadcom VPU shenanigans) for the day-to-day stuff. The problem would be gaming, but dual booting on that powerful machine would probably do the trick, even if I doubt modern gaming platforms (Steam) can work without Internet.
I can securely run XP-SP2 online without any Microsoft security updates and do it in a Full Admin account
That's for sure. Fortunately, console emulators, Id games (Doom 1/2/3, Quake 1/2/3, RTCW) and other libre reimplementations really are enough to have some fun.Really, it is the service centric, apps rather than protocols, mindset of today that makes it hard to go fully libre. You can, but you will have to give things up.
I never did!
I can add an optical SPDIF port to an ancient Nehalem computer
I can run a modern DAC on that ancient Nehalem computer while running Windows XP without any DAC drivers
I can securely run XP-SP2 online without any Microsoft security updates and do it in a Full Admin account
I can boot to Windows XP in 3 seconds flat on that same Nehalem
I can edit 352Khz Audio @ 32 bits on that same machine
I can prevent Bluescreens of Death when running Windows XP and have done so for the past 12 years
Tell me, why can't you?
Did you (LoL) UPgrade?
At the core of the discussion of the so called "right to repair" is a profound misunderstanding: that you own a device when you've bought it.
How do you give up right to repair exactly? Just buy owning a hardware less than 10 years old or something?
Yes, I canNo you can't. You're deluding yourself. It's extremely unwise to use an obsolete, unsupported operating system on the internet. Companies like Microsoft and Google spend millions keeping their current operating systems up to date. Nobody's spending any money on XP. Using the internet with that piece of crap is like wandering around an abandoned nuclear power station with a 10 year old faulty radiation detector you found on the floor and fixed up with sellotape and blu-tak.
Tell me, why can't you?
For online banking and passwords, I boot directly to Linux
For online games like GTA5, I boot directly to spyware platform 10 (that is all it is used for......GAMES)
For malware testing and XP era software, I native boot directly to XP
For 64 bit software (audio mostly) I boot directly to Windows 8.1
So you run several different os versions to maintain this facade of having a safe XP experience? Dude please........Yes, I can
In fact, I DID
You should read my second post on page 1
Malware is allowed in if I wish to study it, but the OS will not be damaged due to the fact that I can simply reboot to a clean OS
The main avenues of malware infiltration were closed long ago
For online banking and passwords, I boot directly to Linux
For online games like GTA5, I boot directly to spyware platform 10 (that is all it is used for......GAMES)
For malware testing and XP era software, I native boot directly to XP
For 64 bit software (audio mostly) I boot directly to Windows 8.1
So you run several different os versions to maintain this facade of having a safe XP experience? Dude please........
Well unless you have the source code to XP then you also gave up the right to repair your OS.Why did you give up the right to repair your OS?
That is, after all, the topic of these posts
But you run those other Spyware platforms yourself.XP is SAFE!
online transactions / passwords etc are NOT!
Nor are they safe with Spyware Platform 7 / 8.1 / 10 or 11
My OS and all of my data is safe with a locked down version of Windows XP!
It is NOT safe in Windows 10
Ask anyone who has had their personal files deleted by a Microsoft update
or who caught ransomware (or a wiper)
You need to understand "where" the problem is
Each OS is a different set of tradeoffs
Each can be used for certain things
None of them are good for everything
But XP is end-user fixable for it's biggest problems and Spyware Platform 10 is not!
With Windows 10, you gave up the right to repair it
Why did you give up the right to repair your OS?
That is, after all, the topic of these posts
Well unless you have the source code to XP then you also gave up the right to repair your OS.
XP is SAFE!
online transactions / passwords etc are NOT!
Nor are they safe with Spyware Platform 7 / 8.1 / 10 or 11
My OS and all of my data is safe with a locked down version of Windows XP!
It is NOT safe in Windows 10
Ask anyone who has had their personal files deleted by a Microsoft update
or who caught ransomware (or a wiper)
You need to understand "where" the problem is
Each OS is a different set of tradeoffs
Each can be used for certain things
None of them are good for everything
But XP is end-user fixable for it's biggest problems and Spyware Platform 10 is not!
With Windows 10, you gave up the right to repair it
Why did you give up the right to repair your OS?
That is, after all, the topic of these posts
Well unless you have the source code to XP then you also gave up the right to repair your OS.