From: best_lay@yahoo.com
On Sat, 16 Aug 2014 12:59:04 -0500
Thane wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Aug 2014 18:34:43 +0100, Mr Pounder wrote:
>
> > This computer is now over 7 years old and has served me well. Due
> > to the horror stories about Windows 8 I'm hoping it will last until
> > Windows 9 is out before I buy a new setup. If 9 is junk then I
> > guess it's Windows 7.
> >
> I had the same concern with my WinXP machine when Vista was released.
> The issues were a) I was happy with XP, b) Vista required much more
> memory and processor capacity than I had available and c) initial
> report on Vista were not comforting.
>
> Instead, I looked at switching to Ubuntu linux which will run on
> older machines and was close enough to WinXP that the transition
> would be simpler. I've since brought up my 2002 machine as a dual
> boot XP and Ubuntu and I find now that I use Ubuntu much more than
> the XP. This is easy to do, but if you'd like to try this, download
> the Ubuntu 10.04 version to a stick and boot from this to try rather
> than installing. A 4GB stick will happing run the entire distro and
> includes Open Office and many other free programs. The learning cycle
> was fairly straight forward and mostly point and click.
>
> I've also a newer machine with Win7 but it requires newer hardware to
> be efficient. I expect Win 9 will continue the same trend.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Thane
Ubuntu 10.04 is past EOL and is not longer supported.
Versions after that have changed to the Unity desktop.
If you like win 8, you might like it. However, if you
are looking for a Linux replacement for XP, Mint with
the Mate or XFCE desktop might be a good choice. They
all have live CD's that lets you try before you install.
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