• Camelbeard@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    My son wants to “game” like most other kids at his class. So I got an old laptop, installed linux mint on it with dosbox. He loves lemmings, the incredible machine 2 and rollercoaster tycoon

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      2 hours ago

      I fear that he won’t get many friends this way

      Mainstream might be boring but it’s an easy way to connect with people

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        19 minutes ago

        This was the argument I used in high school when I wanted an Xbox 360. My parents were super reluctant given the cost, and then I told them I have nothing to talk about with friends in the hallways and I’m left out of conversations (I was). They reconsidered and eventually folded, and I was very appreciative

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        I didn’t get many friends the old fashioned way and I turned out fine in the end.

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        3 hours ago

        I think the copyright expired and you can just download it for free, maybe its even on the internet archive. I got mine from abandonware or something like that.