[Utilizer]

I do run Linux. However, some of the high-end programs I use require some version of ‘doze to operate, and the latest version I can use for them is XP. They absolutely will not run on anything later.

When I have the time I plan on setting up some manner of virtual machine on one or more of the Linux versions I run and work with them from there, however, I do not see any of these machines ever running win10.

Mepis Linux, Kanotix, Uberstudent, DamnSmallLinux, Eagle Linux, Knoppix, or Mint13K-LTE -they all work well and each fills a need without having to deal with any Upgrade issues. :)

Even trying to convince some people (even some in the local citygov) to switch some of their computers over to Kiosk Linux to avoid all the malware headaches and licensing costs they have such a hard time dealing with, but some people just are so stuck in their ways they insist they MUST have microsoft running on their machines.

It gets tiresome after awhile, I must say.

[Banjoguy]

Thanks for your informative response. I need to learn the virtual machine technique since there are a few pgms I need to run that will not run under Linux, e.g Sibelius 6.

[GingisK]

I have the same issue. Many of my hardware development tools will not work with anything later than XP. I keep my XP machine behind a Linux firewall. I will run XP in a virtual machine once this hardware bites the dust.

Microsoft violated their own "backwards compatibility" rules when the foisted this new stuff upon us. Whatever happened to the concept of DLLs for ease of compatibility? I have thousands of dollars worth of instrumentation and software that will not work on their new OSs.

I've dug in for a long war.

[sauropod]

Bkmk