Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: about libreoffice 5.2

Hi :)
Are you able to install a Virtual Machine, such as Virtualbox;
https://www.virtualbox.org/

and then try out Linux Mint or some other versions of Linux on the virtual
machine?  If you can find a version of linux that you like and that works
on your machine then you might not have to worry about upgrading to a newer
machine.

There are tons of noob-friendly "distros" such as Ubuntu, Mageia and many
others listed at;
http://distrowatch.com/
The list is in the 3rd column under the header and is the 2nd box down in
that column.

I am not sure which is "the best" for Accessibility issues such as
screen-readers but i suspect that many people on this mailing list might be
quite happy to give pointers or suggestions about things worth trying.

Regards from
Tom :)


On 25 June 2016 at 12:52, V Stuart Foote <VStuart.Foote@utsa.edu> wrote:

> Hi Nasrin,
>
>
> nasrin khaksar wrote
> > hi stuart.
> > ...
> > but the third bug which you sent it for me, shows libreoffice 5.2 does
> > not run on windows xp.
> > does it mean that all features are completely unsupported and the
> > document foundation said goodbye to windows xp for always?
> > could you please send me its read me file?
>
> Not at all.  But things are not looking good for Windows XP  sp3 continuing
> as a supported OS for the project.
>
> The Engineering Steering Committee (ESC) "the developers" are aware, but
> decision to officially end support for Windows XP with the 5.1
> release--that
> is to *not* seek work arounds that would  be needed to continue support for
> Windows XP at 5.2--has not been made.
>
> The problem on Windows XP sp3 (32-bit, as 64-bit XP sp2 is not supported)
> has been that the cURL (libcurl.dll) required for LibreOffice to
> communicate
> with the Update services (since 5.0) and to the Error Reporting services
> (at 5.2) is not supported by Windows XP sp3.
>
> Bug tdf#100295 is already assigned a "Highest" priority and applies from
> 5.2.0beta2 forward. The 5.1 branch is impacted but not broken--but it could
> be the end of the line for Windows XP sp3 users.
>
> There are several ways this could be worked around--up to the ESC, but it
> is
> unlikely that cURL would be removed, or Error Reporting not implemented at
> 5.2.   So unfortunately at this moment in the development cycle LibreOffice
> will not launch on Windows XP Sp3.
>
> I just checked the draft "Release notes" for 5.2 (link below), and thus far
> no mention of  cURL support on XP SP3, nor a description of the new Error
> Reporting mechanism. But that is common as we are some time away from the
> final release.
>
> Stuart
>
> =-ref-=
> Draft release notes 5.2
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/5.2
>
>
>
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