Posted on 02/01/2014 1:57:57 PM PST by ShadowAce
Dang, who’s got XP anymore. I probably would but I like W8.1 and W7. Works for me.
we need a project.
We need to get together and create our own distro! A Free Republic OS! Maybe even include a “Site Specific Browser” aimed at this site.
Is WinXP Pro on some different EOSL schedule?
It's immaterial for me because I have already setup Mint 16 in a Virtual Box VM within Win XP Pro. On April 8th, I'll disable XP from accessing the internet and will allow Mint to do that job for surfing and email. All other utility uses will still be done on XP...of which I have become...comfortable.
Got any recommendations for an integrated programming environment for C++ etc ... equivalent to M$ Vi$ual $tudio?
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I have XP and it works great. It does everything I want and need. I am used to its look and feel. It’s like a great pair of broken in jeans. If there are no holes in them and the pockets hold my wallet, comb, and keys why put on a new stiff scratchy pair?
Linux......lol
Another sad plea from Linux for more converts.
When you have to scrap the bottom of the XP barrel for users, then you might as well toss in the towel.
Why not try to mine Mac community? It would be great to see two teams of real zealots rip each other to shreds.
Thanks, Ace
Windows 8 and 8.1 stink.
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And after April 8 it will become extremely vulnerable to attack.
Read this part:
Almost a third of all users. Entire corporate enterprises use XP. ATMs use XP. It is a hugely successful operating system that is about to allow massive security breaches all over the world.
I went straight from Vista to Windows 8. I’m lucky that way.
It usually comes as part of the distro's software repository as well, so it's pretty easy to get.
That Jeff (the situation, not your comment) really gets me angry. I have a product that works excellent and I may be forced to complicate my life and finances only because of the nature of that product and aholes who exploit it.
I don’t have time to spend hundreds of hours on getting a new operating system working and my many programs and data reloaded and working plus I have some old programs on the XP that also work great but will not probably not work on newer platforms.
I’ve been using Linux for many years now. More users would only mean creating the incentive for viruses and scams that Windows users have to deal with everyday. I’m happy with the market share as it is.
But, one might say, "my precious updates, where would they be?" The answer to that is also simple: you don't need them. You probably haven't seen many of those patches in recent years anyway. The end of support only means that you cannot call Microsoft and tell them where you'd like their products, along with BillG and SteveB, to shove themselves into.
The irrational fear of hackers breaking into your old XP should not become your top priority. Any router+firewall from any big box electronics store will protect your XP well enough. (If it won't, then the hacker works for a TLA, and then nothing that you do will make a difference.) XP on a laptop that you connect in airports to random networks is a less interesting plan, but still this was done by millions of business travelers, so you are in a good company. There are pretty serious 3rd party firewalls; many of them, actually, even if you discount the built-in one.
It also helps that XP is on its way out. There is no profit for hackers in looking for new vulnerabilities in it. Whatever XPs are remaining, they are typically a limited purpose boxes, and they contain nothing of interest to the hacker.
Often you stay with XP because you must. Your old software just doesn't work on anything else. I have several XP laptops; they run software that controls custom boards via crude bitbanging. Can't say why, but it doesn't work on Win8 - and works on XP. There are many other applications that do not work on anything but XP, and nobody is going to rewrite them - neither for free, nor for money. There is a lot of old hardware (printers are a separate class within that) that only have drivers for XP. Sometimes the ISV offers a new version of the software that works on the latest Windows... but it's not free; you have to rebuy the software, with minimal (or zero) discount. Upgrading of one XP box may cause a chain reaction, and in the end you will have to upgrade all the other hardware and software to the tune of thousands of dollars, while gaining nothing.
An XP user should be today a happy user. XP is finally his to do whatever he wants. If you have a collection of software from XP era, all that will work forever, as long as you do not need new features or support. (Support is often overrated - who ever called MS when they couldn't do something in Windows?)
Linux, Mint+KDE in particular, is good. But your investment into software and training on XP costs more. Pick the OS that runs your software that helps you pay the bills. This is the primary selection criteria. If your PC is only used to access Internet, though, then you are welcome to the world of Linux because it works just as good (if not better) as any OS from Redmond, does not bother you about licensing, and is fully supported (for free or for money,) and is receiving software updates.
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