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BetterRed · 12-30-2017, 11:30 PM

@Blossom - why can't you keep using XP, AFAIK some of the better known AV software vendors continue to support it.

I occasionally use an old Compaq laptop with XP, amongst other old application software it has Word 2007 and calibre 1.48 on it, I can access and edit the same libraries and documents on it as I access and edit in calibre 3.14 and Word 2013 running on Windows 10.

Its surprising how little I really miss having from later versions of Word and calibre. I don't use it for email, which is the source of a lot of malware. I have an old version of Firefox on it that i don't use much. The one application I miss on it is Evernote, I have it there but the database in which notes are kept has had too many schema changes (calibre's has had none!).

Its worth reading what Kovid Goyal wrote about Linux ==>> https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...8&postcount=11

Added : almost forgot, I went down the Linux path (dual boot XP and Mint) but there were too many things I couldn't get for Mint, like my file manager, basic image editor, and word processor. Yes there were alternative tools, but the learning and conversion curves were too steep for too little, or even negative gain.

BR

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BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,881 Karma: 30277270 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@Blossom - why can't you keep using XP, AFAIK some of the better known AV software vendors continue to support it. I occasionally use an old Compaq laptop with XP, amongst other old application software it has Word 2007 and calibre 1.48 on it, I can access and edit the same libraries and documents on it as I access and edit in calibre 3.14 and Word 2013 running on Windows 10. Its surprising how little I really miss having from later versions of Word and calibre. I don't use it for email, which is the source of a lot of malware. I have an old version of Firefox on it that i don't use much. The one application I miss on it is Evernote, I have it there but the database in which notes are kept has had too many schema changes (calibre's has had none!). Its worth reading what Kovid Goyal wrote about Linux ==>> https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...8&postcount=11 Added : almost forgot, I went down the Linux path (dual boot XP and Mint) but there were too many things I couldn't get for Mint, like my file manager, basic image editor, and word processor. Yes there were alternative tools, but the learning and conversion curves were too steep for too little, or even negative gain. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 12-30-2017 at 11:41 PM.