@Tres... yes it is not good to replace OS for one app, but
XP is now in open season for exploits. people have been working hard,
holding back exploits waiting for the day when XP would be free to abuse.
It is not good to encourage anyone to use a vulnerable OS, especially
when there are Libre alternatives. And the US gov wont have a nice open
door to your info using
Libre os, either. 50% of China users mean that it is a HUGE juicy
target for people that are doing wrong. You can of course dual boot
with XP, and ONLY use it when there is some win app
that you 'have to have'.
I cannot in good conscience stand by and let someone walk into trouble,
so I said it out of caring for the users, not because I think they
should use FLOSS only. They can spend money to buy windows Vista, or 7,
but I suggest Lubuntu because it is fast and free and libre.
Most XP (computer users really) don't know about security. They think
anti-virus is security... it is clean up, not protection. protection is
having no open ports, having a firewall, having security updates when
each exploit is found (I routinely find that every exploit that gets
mentioned is one I have an update for that day, or the day before), etc...
Sorry, for the non lmms rant... go ahead and support XP if you want... I
just think the users should know the dangers of using it :D
On 04/10/2014 07:32 AM, Tres Finocchiaro wrote:
@MusikBear,
Thanks for testing this. That is exactly what we need in order to
offer support.
I am sure there are many on this list that can indicate numerous
distros that would be better to use.
As MusicBear mentioned, this is a bit off-topic. Although it's
pragmatic to recommend a FOSS *nix, from my experience it is often the
wrong answer to the compatibility questions.
I am not comfortable telling any of the user community to replace
their OS to run one application. 50% of China still uses Windows XP,
which represents approx 10% of the world's population. I'm glad we
have someone to test this. Thanks!!
-Tres
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