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Re:Is anybody still using Windows 95? by forgotmypw17 on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @08:35PM (#24427654)
I still use Word 97 for writing. I've tried many WPs, but haven't found anything better.

I run it inside a VM and it is still faster and better than LibreOffice by a long shot.

When I'm done writing, I paste the text into one of my blogs with IE6, which my sites still support.

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Re:Is anybody still using Windows 95? by dingdingdang on Friday September 11, 2020 @04:09PM (#24446811)
Like your style on this. I'm contemplating similar setup but going bit more oldschool with Word 6.0 Win 3.1 edition, gotta work out what the smoothest way of integration with my Linux (Mint) desktop though. Integration is key for me and have to say my prior exp with Wine have been less than comforting (working but just so, not long term functional feel).
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Re:Is anybody still using Windows 95? by forgotmypw17 on Monday September 14, 2020 @11:51PM (#24477719)
Wine doesn,t work great with Microsoft software, because they would take advantage of undocumented APIs, but W6W31 may be old and basic enough to work...

I would still take the VM route.

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