Hate to be that guy, but if that's your problem just hand them an iPad or a Chromebook. Unsatisfying, I know, but it's not like my mom is Mrs. Roberts.
No one should be running Win9x for anything connected to the internet. Ever, full stop.
The only reason to touch it is for a dedicated retro gaming setup or (completely airgapped) for some industrial tool with drivers/software provided by a company that has been defunct for 25+ years.
It’s a craft like anything else. Some people enjoy building a table and feel a sense of accomplishment telling their friends “I built this.” Other people just want a table and buy one from Ikea
Previous: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47861270
I'm heartened that recent Linux kernels in 2026 can still target i386 systems!
Between i486, i586 and i686 there's been a steady drumbeat of Linux distros and kernel itself deprecating support
I’m curious, are you running i386 devices or more philosophically opposed to deprecation?
Didn't mainline Linux drop i386 in like 2012? Wild it still functions tbh
Could the be a good "mom and pop" OS to reduce (remote) IT maintenance workload for geeks from parent "clients"?
> Could the be a good "mom and pop" OS
Hate to be that guy, but if that's your problem just hand them an iPad or a Chromebook. Unsatisfying, I know, but it's not like my mom is Mrs. Roberts.
A WSL-like for Win9x is mostly just for the lulz.
No.
No one should be running Win9x for anything connected to the internet. Ever, full stop.
The only reason to touch it is for a dedicated retro gaming setup or (completely airgapped) for some industrial tool with drivers/software provided by a company that has been defunct for 25+ years.
Are there even still sufficiently large populations of win9x-compatible viruses online to make it a security issue anymore?
Windows fans, like being a Mustang or Corvette fan, represent arrested development in last centuries technology...
Can it run a Linux subsystem?
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastMonth&page=0&prefix=fa...
Stop spamming plzkthxbai ^-^
These are all different submitters. HN is supposed to detect duplicate links.
Allrightie then ./
And writing "Proudly written without AI." in README.md now is new black?
It’s a craft like anything else. Some people enjoy building a table and feel a sense of accomplishment telling their friends “I built this.” Other people just want a table and buy one from Ikea
It's like those labels of protected origin they put on high-quality artisan foods from the EU.
It’s more like a low-background label: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-background_steel
My question is, if they did decide to use AI someday, would they remember to update README.md in the same commit? I would probably forget.
The agent will happily fix that for them. They are through like that.