Remove Legacy OS Forums

[LilGeek]

I understand why you have those older forums. To me it seems they would be of waste of space. Do people even visit them? If anyone is still using any of those OS'es they leave themselves very vulnerable.

If for nostalgia it would be better to link to the Wikipedia pages for those OS'es.

That's my 2 cents.

[Ravenfreak]

Honestly I wouldn't mind some of those conversations be reopened. There's still quite a few hobbyists who use these older operating systems, whether they're using old machines or emulating them. I know there's sub reddits that cover different operating systems, but it couldn't help.

[AWS]

14 hours ago, Ravenfreak said:

Honestly I wouldn't mind some of those conversations be reopened. There's still quite a few hobbyists who use these older operating systems, whether they're using old machines or emulating them. I know there's sub reddits that cover different operating systems, but it couldn't help.

I hadn't thought about it that way. Now I have something to think about.

[ZacheryZha]

Anyone run older system only lead to problems. Instant hacked. XP worst. I say remove it.

[SallyDough]

If you don't need the space why remove them. Not hurting anything if you keep them.

[Cpvr]

On 12/10/2024 at 5:58 PM, Ravenfreak said:

Honestly I wouldn't mind some of those conversations be reopened. There's still quite a few hobbyists who use these older operating systems, whether they're using old machines or emulating them. I know there's sub reddits that cover different operating systems, but it couldn't help.

I agree. There’s still fans of these particular operating systems and I think it would be a good idea to have them open as well. It doesn’t hurt to allow discussions of them.

It might even attract new users as well. 

On 12/10/2024 at 11:05 AM, LilGeek said:

I understand why you have those older forums. To me it seems they would be of waste of space. Do people even visit them? If anyone is still using any of those OS'es they leave themselves very vulnerable.

If for nostalgia it would be better to link to the Wikipedia pages for those OS'es.

That's my 2 cents.

Linking to wikipedia wouldn’t be exactly wise. It would be better if the discussion and coverage stayed here on the community. 

[AWS]

Good input here. I am looking at options. I am leaning to opening them up again.

After doing some research it seems there are groups that installs old OS for nostalgia purposes. I grabbed a Windows 95 VM and installed it to play with. Amazing to see how far we've come. I might even offer the VM's for download. 

[Geek]

From my perspective let the past go and move into the future. I see no valid reason to have them. There are sites out there dedicated to legacy OS. 

[LilGeek]

I'm still saying remove them. They are closed anyway. If someone is still using an old EOL OS they leave themselves open for all sorts of bad stuff.