Who cares if MS is not supporting XP? It will still continue to run effectively. For home PC users, making things secure is as simple as taking internet access away from XP and granting it to a Linux distro.
Run FREE VirtualBox on XP. Create a Linux Mint VM there. Disable internet access for XP and enable it for Linux VM.
I have already done this and it works like a charm. Both can run at the same time. XP for utility and application use, Linux VM for internet access using Firefox.
I recently installed Mint in a VM, and I’ve been looking at it for possibly replacing Fedora. It seems a lot faster than even the base OS on the box, which is kind of weird. :-) One package I’ve not been able to find is Quanta+. Normally it’s a part of the kdewebdev. I’m trying to find a good replacement that will let me swap all the keybindings for what I prefer.