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Old 09-27-2015, 12:11 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
The suggestions of people running XP moving to Linux is getting tired. If they wanted to run Linux, they would be. The reason to run the upgrade adviser is because it's what there to tell the user if upgrading is OK or not. What the user wants to do from there is up to the user. But if the user wants to run Calibre 2.x, then upgrading is recommended if the adviser says it;s OK to upgrade.

OP: I have XP and can only run Calibre 1.48
somoneelse: Run some distro of Linux

That's how these threads go.
Why do you have a problem with that. it's the easiest and cheapest method for people to run latest version of calibre on their old pc's.
The recommendation to install linux is more feasible than your asking them to buying and installing Windows 10.1
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