Re: RE: [libreoffice-users] Windows lifecycle [was: CONVERTING A MICROSOFT TEMPLATE ...]

Hi :)
There is nothing actually stopping you from continuing to use Xp.
Something like 30% of desktops are still on Xp.

Just take care to avoid phishing scams etc.  Also consider a dual-boot on
it.

If you want to give a Gnu&Linux a go then it's best to download (torrent if
poss) a few different versions.  Ubuntu makes it easy to make a LiveUsb to
test-drive the distro.  On 2 of 'my' really ancient machines all different
versions of Mint crashed or were horribly slow but that says more about my
machines than about Mint.  On a merely fairly old machine it flew along and
looked really nice.  Err, i only tried the cinamon, mate and kde versions
(to be fair that leaves xfce and debian to go)
Regards from
Tom :)






On 23 April 2014 22:16, Virgil Arrington <cuyfalls@hotmail.com> wrote:

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        RE: [libreoffice-users] Windows lifecycle [was: CONVERTING
> A MICROSOFT TEMPLATE ...]
> Date:   Wed, 23 Apr 2014 16:10:24 -0400
> From:   Virgil Arrington <cuyfalls@hotmail.com>
> To:     James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com>
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> James Knott wrote,
> > I run openSUSE Linux on my computers and have for several years. It's
> > generally possible to to an upgrade as new versions come out.
>
> I'm thinking of installing Mint Debian to my (now defuct XP) desktop. I
> understand it's a rolling release, which should me continuous ongoing
> support. At least now I have an extra computer to experiment with and
> become even more familiar with that lovely little penguin.
>
> Virgil
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