Apparently the code, although updated for security, isn’t the latest and greatest in many indie browser forks. HowToGeek recommends against using such browsers, and for the most part, he’s probably right. It’s called Mypal and the developer specifically wants to make it safe and secure with Windows XP. So I’ve got one old PC – the one streaming Rachmaninoff – with a nice new, updated browser that I discovered through a web search. I’m no expert on all the tech details but Windows XP, in particular, is a very solid OS. To me, it’s a bit nuts how MS and Ubuntu discontinue old OS’s that seem perfectly good. Sometimes when visitors come I just stash everything in an upstairs room. So I take great pains to stash my old, decrepit PCs in various nooks and crannies around the home where they won’t be too obtrusive. But of course she is the homeowner and I have to keep things reasonable for her. I joke with my mother (with whom I live) that this is Mike’s House of Computers.
Right now I’m listening to Rachmaninoff on one PC as I type using two others linked as Server > Remote. I’ve been experimenting, trying out different operating systems within their 32-bit architecture.
A little while ago a nice person on Kijij passed along some old computers that he no longer needed.
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