It's off topic, but: For the record, neither Windows 7 nor Windows 10 are supported by Microsoft any more. They are not safe to run if connected to any networks, as they receive no security updates.
On May 12, 2026 10:50:55 PM GMT+05:30, Chris Skudder <[email protected]> wrote: >David thanks for the reminder on correcting the subject line. > >And yes, it would make a lot of sense to use the Win7 machine for the Linux >system Quite possibly makes more sense than changing the Win10 machine, unless >you have some other reason you want to keep Win7 alive. > >A "lighter" Linux "flavor" like Xubuntu will run beautifully on Win7-era >hardware, and you'll still have a more-current Windows machine running along >side it. If you're happy with Linux on the previously-Win7 machine you can >then change over the Win 10 machine. > >good luck with it all. >Chris > > >*From:* [email protected] > >*Sent:* Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT > >*To:* [email protected] > >*Subject:* gnucash-user Digest, Vol 278, Issue 18 > > >> Message: 7 >> Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 19:42:45 +0530 >> From: "David T."<[email protected]> >> To:[email protected], Chris Skudder<[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [GNC] Runtime to terminate in an unusual way >> Message-ID:<[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >> >> Or just take the (now seriously out of date) Win 7 machine and install Linux >> there and ensure the data file reads there... >> >> After all, you're not likely to get anything else to run on that machine >> (and certainly not Windows 11)... >> >> David T. >> >> [Chris, if you are using a digest, you should remember to edit the subject >> line when replying] >> >> On May 12, 2026 6:52:38 PM GMT+05:30, Chris Skudder<[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Raymond, >>> I'm not 100% clear on what you mean by: >>> "use the Windows 7 computer as a backup, in case I muck the change over up" >>> >>> IF by this you mean to simply preserve the GnuCash data file itself (and >>> possibly some of the config files too), then you can copy those files onto >>> a USB drive and just hold it aside while you work on the Win10/Linux >>> machine. > >_______________________________________________ >gnucash-user mailing list >[email protected] >To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >----- >Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
