hi. i use windows xp and love my windows version. from the plan of libreoffice developers i realized that libreoffice 6.0.0 and later does not support xp or vista. i use version 5.3.4.1 forever and love it very much. hope that help, God bless you!
On 10/13/17, Tim-L <webmas...@krackedpress.com> wrote: > On 10/13/2017 10:03 AM, Cley Faye wrote: >> 2017-10-13 14:41 GMT+02:00 DaveB <nore...@tasit.net>: >> >>> Please let's not have discussions about MS having ended support for XP. >>> There are still an enormous number of machines out there running XP SP3 >>> POS Ready 2009, which MS are still actively supporting. MS most recent >>> XP update (October 2017) added support for TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 to XP POS >>> Ready 2009, See Microsoft Secure Blog: http://bit.ly/2ylRGDo > [snip] >>> After a quick test, I found that the 5.3.7.1 version works fine in XP. >>> The latest 5.4 doesn't, but I'm not sure exactly which subversion started >>> to fail. I can confirm however that it doesn't output any error message, >>> neither on the GUI or on the command line. The splash screen just flash. >>> No >>> error or warning in system logs either. >>> >>> The website should probably be updated (or, if possible, the issue >>> causing >>> a crash fixed instead). I'm tempted to say that losing XP compatibility >>> wasn't done on purpose. >>> >>> I can't provide an answer for known security issues, although common >>> sense >>> says that it's more likely to have some (there's always security issues) >>> and that they might be fixed in more recent versions. However, not >>> talking >>> too much about the end of support of XP, it is itself a large attack >>> vector >>> at this point, so I'm not sure that obscure security issues with >>> libreoffice would be relevant. Beyond the usual "disable script by >>> default" >>> advice, it's most likely safe enough to use in such conditions. >>> > Why XP is still being hacked all these years after it no longer is > supported? There is one reason I know about - ATM machines. > > I was shocked a few years ago learning that, in the USA, most ATM money > machines are run by using a modified version of Windows XP. There was an > article about this and a major ATM manufacturing company paying "big > money" to keep getting security patched from Microsoft - upwards of > $100,000. > > The same article[s] I read talked about making the new ATMs using some > version of Linux, for both the security and cost of the license > agreements - i.e. Linux seems never had a virus, malware, hack, etc. in > the past 20+ years. More stable too. > > As for LibreOffice, well the 5.3.7 version is still a very good version > to have on your laptop/desktop. I think I have one desktop with an > early 5.3.x loaded and one older laptop as well. Actually, this laptop > is still running 5.3.6.1. I just keep forgetting to install a newer > version for Ubuntu MATE 64-bit 16.04LTS. I forget what was last > installed on my Windows systems or partition for the dual booting systems. > > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > 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 > -- we have not sent you but as a mercy to the entire creation. holy quran, chapter 21, verse 107. in the very authentic narration from prophet Mohammad is: indeed, imam husayn is the beacon of guidance and the ark of salvation. best website for studying islamic book in different languages www.al-islam.org -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org 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
