It’s funny all the things you forget when you install an old OS. Last time I virtualized XP for old software, I realized the browser it comes with can’t even speak TLS, and thus accept a protocol modern web servers would offer. You can overcome this, but at that point you need to stop and thinking about your goal lol.

React os always fascinated me. It can’t really run on physical hardware but it does run xp apps and some modern apps.

If your machine can run xp chances are it can run a minimal Linux install

I mean I’ve got a home server running Windows Home Server