Old Machines and XP for Linux(not really a D topic)

[Stanislav Blinov]

On Friday, 28 February 2014 at 18:04:44 UTC, Steve Teale wrote:

> To people who can just about manage to use outdated software on 
> XP, it's probably a big deal to switch to Linux.

That doesn't have anything to do with the OS. It's a mentality 
problem.

> And is that outdated version of Quickbooks available to run 
> under Linux?

There's GnuCash, but I wouldn't know all the details, I don't use 
either. What I do know is there are alternatives except for very 
specialized software. It comes down to willingness to explore 
and/or switch.

> You are living in a different world,

You keep repeating this as if no one in this NG understands what 
you're saying. Respectfully, I'll say that you are wrong. I know 
all too well what it is to not have access to the latest greatest 
hardware or money to buy that new slick hoptoshop or whatever. 
Not to mention not having an affordable and stable Internet 
connection. I hope I don't need to go down the chain to more 
meaningful problems.

You're being dismissive just because people most of which you can 
safely assume to be younger than you disagree with you.

I'll repeat myself just to clarify: even if it so happened that 
XP continued its life, in the near future you won't be finding 
any software that would run on it. At least not proprietary 
software. Outdated hardware is not the only issue here.