IMO telling a person they should switch to Linux because it is Free has not
bearing on the issue. There are a plethora of reasons why an individual may
want to stick with XP despite it's EOL this past Tuesday, and while I agree
they are taking security risks the longer they use it, I've been to places
that used Windows 2000 for years past it's EOL because Linux was not an
option. To me LMMS should not judge an OS as the reason to not fix a bug.
To me XP bug support should only stop if a core component of LMMS simply
can not work with XP with out doing a major overhaul to the code.
On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 9:05 AM, Jonathan Aquilina
<eagles051...@gmail.com>wrote:
> IMHO it would be up to the user if they want to use it, but i think the
> ultimate question is should we fix xp specific bugs?
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Israel <israeld...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> @Tres... yes it is not good to replace OS for one app, but
>> XP is now in open season for exploits. people have been working hard,
>> holding back exploits waiting for the day when XP would be free to abuse.
>> It is not good to encourage anyone to use a vulnerable OS, especially
>> when there are Libre alternatives. And the US gov wont have a nice open
>> door to your info using
>> Libre os, either. 50% of China users mean that it is a HUGE juicy target
>> for people that are doing wrong. You can of course dual boot with XP, and
>> ONLY use it when there is some win app
>> that you 'have to have'.
>>
>> I cannot in good conscience stand by and let someone walk into trouble,
>> so I said it out of caring for the users, not because I think they should
>> use FLOSS only. They can spend money to buy windows Vista, or 7, but I
>> suggest Lubuntu because it is fast and free and libre.
>>
>> Most XP (computer users really) don't know about security. They think
>> anti-virus is security... it is clean up, not protection. protection is
>> having no open ports, having a firewall, having security updates when each
>> exploit is found (I routinely find that every exploit that gets mentioned
>> is one I have an update for that day, or the day before), etc...
>>
>> Sorry, for the non lmms rant... go ahead and support XP if you want... I
>> just think the users should know the dangers of using it :D
>>
>> On 04/10/2014 07:32 AM, Tres Finocchiaro wrote:
>>
>> @MusikBear,
>>
>> Thanks for testing this. That is exactly what we need in order to
>> offer support.
>>
>> I am sure there are many on this list that can indicate numerous
>>> distros that would be better to use.
>>
>>
>> As MusicBear mentioned, this is a bit off-topic. Although it's
>> pragmatic to recommend a FOSS *nix, from my experience it is often the
>> wrong answer to the compatibility questions.
>>
>> I am not comfortable telling any of the user community to replace their
>> OS to run one application. 50% of China still uses Windows XP, which
>> represents approx 10% of the world's population. I'm glad we have someone
>> to test this. Thanks!!
>>
>> -Tres
>>
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