ajacocks wrote on 2023-12-24, 16:24:
This is a very interesting project. ... Thanks for bringing this important OS to more modern hardware!
Well, thank you Alex. I'm glad if my driver is put to good use.
win2000 wrote on 2023-12-25, 18:23:
Hello, start me up. I am Windows2000Warrior.
Oh, hello Windows2000Warrior, welcome here on Vogons. I didn't knew that you were aware of the discussion over here.
Problem with discord:
Duffman wrote on 2023-12-25, 12:18:It should be possible to have the unlock code sent to your email
I don't think, that I have a choice, whether I use my email address or my phone number to unlock the discord account.
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Discord wanted a valid email address from me when I registered to validate that I'm not a software. Now that they have my email address, they want a valid phone number from me, once again under the pretense to validate that I am not a software. Even if I would be a friend of handing over every personal information they ask for, this simply fails because I don't have a phone.
win2000 wrote on 2023-12-25, 18:23:You can try with a new account
Yes, this will work. It will only be a matter of time until my new account gets closed down, too, but this approach works.
bakemono wrote on 2023-12-25, 15:52:
Start me up wrote on 2023-12-25, 11:05:When I tested the old link, discord considered my testing as "suspicious behaviour" and locked down my discord account.
Oh no! Sorry to hear that.
There is no need to apologize. Discord is just a pretty "exclusive" club (literally speaking).
Compatibility with 64 bit applications:
wbahnassi wrote on 2023-12-26, 17:23:
What's the point of running [Windows 2000] on modern hardware if it's not going to support 64-bit apps? ... I can't see it able to replace Win11 for day-to-day tasks if it can't run modern software.
From a programmer's point of view, there is no need to support the 64 bit operating mode, because the 64 bit operating mode fixes no problem that exists in the 32 bit operating mode. For more information about the non-existing supremacy of the 64 bit operating mode, please check my recent post in a different topic:
Re: Intel publishes a white paper on x86S, a 64-bit only architecture
elszgensa wrote on 2023-12-26, 18:06:change your thinking from "I need to use tool X" to "I need to get task X done using whichever tool can do the job"
That's a pretty good point, because replacing Windows 11 becomes unneccesary hard when the only accepted solution is to use Windows 11.
From a compatibility point of view, it would be nice if 64 bit applications run in Windows 2000. But there are many areas where the compatibility of the operating system can be improved. Working on compatibility with 64 bit applications would be a bad choice because of the inefficiency. That's because a lot of efforts would need to be spent to support the 64 bit mode in Windows 2000 while the profit would be minimal. Even if the 64 bit mode was supported, it would still be a long way to get 64 bit applications running in Windows 2000, if they were written for Windows 11. And if we gone through all the trouble to fully support 64 applications for Windows 11 then Microsoft's current operating system would be something like Windows 15.
By choosing more efficient ways the compatibility of Windows 2000 will be higher than when someone works on 64 bit support.
long term usage of Windows 2000 vs. Windows 11:
In the end it's not about having the ultimate operating system which outperforms every other operating system in every aspect. No operating system fills this position. It's more about improving the existing situation of Windows 2000 a bit.
Windows 2000 is a good base to start with when someone is looking for an operating for a long term usage. Windows 11 would be a bad choice because it's not an operating system you can use for long. The life time of Windows 11 is very limited by the fact that Windows 11 users depend heavily on Microsoft and Microsoft will want to sell their next version soon. Windows 10 was announced to be the last operating system because users got sick of switching the operating system again and again. But then still Windows 10 was replaced by 11 and we don't even have a promise for 11 this time.
Working on the core of Windows 2000 by writing drivers for example is much easier than working on Windows 11.