03-23-2016, 10:03 AM | #31 |
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There is new Sigil version for XP which does work for me. That means QT5 can work on XP? If so why to force ban to install it. Maybe someone can make Calibre version for XP like Sigil. The most wanted feature which i miss in 2.0 is export to docx
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Those alone, create a support nightmare. KISS say disable XP BTW XP also runs on CPU's without SSE2, another fail. At least thos bomb immediately. The QT5 thing waits to dump you on you rump (just when you thought you were home free ) |
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Additionally, many older 32-bit WinXP systems don't have hardware support for SSE2, which means you'd need to distribute an additional version of calibre using a custom-built Qt5 compiled without SSE2 and at that point things simply get ridiculous. And I was unaware that Sigil officially supported XP. Some people were successfully running calibre by disabling the version check (as explained in the first post), others merely got crashes. I assume even if Sigil doesn't have a version check it will still crash for some people if they are still using WinXP... |
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03-23-2016, 06:37 PM | #34 |
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Calibre has 3+ million active users, anyone want to hazard a guess at Sigil's active user count - I doubt it would be 10% of that, probably closer to 1%. At some stage one has to draw lines in the sand. There's not only the SSE2 and Qt compatibility issues, continued support for defunct operating systems can get in the way of embracing the features offered by current and future operating systems. BR |
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Someone was having trouble with overriding the version check, because calibre still kept crashing on that. |
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05-13-2016, 07:23 PM | #36 |
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I have installed the last portable version on XP, and command-line converted does work, convert to docx, what impossible for 2.0 version, which does work on Win XP. That means i can use any command line tools of last versions on XP without any restrictions or there are something what will not be working?
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05-15-2016, 01:28 AM | #37 |
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... What?
The command-line anything works just as well as the GUI anything. If it is available in calibre 1.48, it is available on Windows XP. Note that conversion to DOCX first appeared in calibre v2.28.0 which is long after XP support was dropped. Have you been trying to get the source checkout for calibre >= v2.28.0 working on Windows XP (which would be something relevant to this thread)? |
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Okay. So what's your question?
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The reason you cannot use Calibre past 2.0 with Windows XP is that a lot of XP installs are on hardware not capable of running Calibre 2.x and sometimes it's due to XP itself. So instead of having a support nightmare for those where Calibre 2.x won't run properly, it was decided not to allow Calibre 2.x to run under XP. If your hardware is capable of running Calibre 2.x, the way to be able to use Calibre past 2.0 is to upgrade to Windows 7 or later.
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There are also various levels of 'Will Run' on XP. Total Bomb-out (can't start...No SSE2, crashes during common tasks, crashes only if you do 'X')
(I have: 1 @ that does the 3rd type using Calibre 2.0, and it is slow, even with 2G RAM, 800MHz FSB 1 @ in the first group; an AMD Athelon XP ) Many XP machines are also too weak by current standards (low RAM, Wimpy CPU, Simple video) I support Kovids decision to no longer compromise Calibre rich set off features just to make it run on antique systems And I support the Wolfs recommendation of (skipping Vista) W7 for XP users (closer to the XP UI than W8 or W10 right out of the box , for non- power users) |
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One thing though, Given that most XP users are running 32-bit, your best best in upgrading is to move to 64-bit as there are cases where Calibre does need to be 64-bit and if you stay with 32-bit, you will still be ram limited to 3GB.
Moving from 32-bit to 64-bit means starting over. So backup all the data from XP that you need/want to keep and then do the install. You will have to reinstall all of your software so find the install files or CDs/DVDs. If some of your installs is from downloaded software and there is a 64-bit version you will want that. |
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Dont feed the troll.
@UltraGod and your sock puppets: calibre is not going to support windows xp. You can rant and rave and call me all the names you want, that is not going to change. I suggest you stop posting before your latest sock puppet gets banned as well. |
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