Hi :) Are you able to install a Virtual Machine, such as Virtualbox; https://www.virtualbox.org/
and then try out Linux Mint or some other versions of Linux on the virtual machine? If you can find a version of linux that you like and that works on your machine then you might not have to worry about upgrading to a newer machine. There are tons of noob-friendly "distros" such as Ubuntu, Mageia and many others listed at; http://distrowatch.com/ The list is in the 3rd column under the header and is the 2nd box down in that column. I am not sure which is "the best" for Accessibility issues such as screen-readers but i suspect that many people on this mailing list might be quite happy to give pointers or suggestions about things worth trying. Regards from Tom :) On 25 June 2016 at 12:52, V Stuart Foote <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Nasrin, > > > nasrin khaksar wrote > > hi stuart. > > ... > > but the third bug which you sent it for me, shows libreoffice 5.2 does > > not run on windows xp. > > does it mean that all features are completely unsupported and the > > document foundation said goodbye to windows xp for always? > > could you please send me its read me file? > > Not at all. But things are not looking good for Windows XP sp3 continuing > as a supported OS for the project. > > The Engineering Steering Committee (ESC) "the developers" are aware, but > decision to officially end support for Windows XP with the 5.1 > release--that > is to *not* seek work arounds that would be needed to continue support for > Windows XP at 5.2--has not been made. > > The problem on Windows XP sp3 (32-bit, as 64-bit XP sp2 is not supported) > has been that the cURL (libcurl.dll) required for LibreOffice to > communicate > with the Update services (since 5.0) and to the Error Reporting services > (at 5.2) is not supported by Windows XP sp3. > > Bug tdf#100295 is already assigned a "Highest" priority and applies from > 5.2.0beta2 forward. The 5.1 branch is impacted but not broken--but it could > be the end of the line for Windows XP sp3 users. > > There are several ways this could be worked around--up to the ESC, but it > is > unlikely that cURL would be removed, or Error Reporting not implemented at > 5.2. So unfortunately at this moment in the development cycle LibreOffice > will not launch on Windows XP Sp3. > > I just checked the draft "Release notes" for 5.2 (link below), and thus far > no mention of cURL support on XP SP3, nor a description of the new Error > Reporting mechanism. But that is common as we are some time away from the > final release. > > Stuart > > =-ref-= > Draft release notes 5.2 > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/5.2 > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/about-libreoffice-5-2-tp4187049p4187100.html > Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
