Hello,
this is not an answer to Martini, but
just a comment that I was using too Windows Xp
until the summer of 2018 (if I'm not mistaken, then I switched
to Linux, first Centos, and when it wasn't anymore possible
to keep it, Ubuntu).
I considered Windows Xp a completely successful product
for which no further development / technological progress
was really justified (except perhaps security patches)
and for sure the subsequent versions of Windows were not, which as far
as I know were indeed absolutely redundant and terrible.
(luckily I've never had to deal with them, I have now on another
partition of my system Windows 11 just for a specific feature on
a specific software which I use occasionally, but I'm really irritated
by the news widget, now disabled, and the policy to mix Internet search
results with local results).
So in my opinion (that's just my opinion) there isn't really a reason,
except for the use of specific software, to use Windows after Windows Xp
especially
considering that at least after 2010 Linux was already a perfect viable
replacement also for Windows users, as I've found with Centos desktop.
In short I stand completely with Martini, with the exception to
recommend to give a try to the "Linux branch", which could be considered
(in my opinion) the genuine development of Windows Xp, by contrast
to the subsequent Microsoft's operating systems.
The alternative to that (to just keep using a system outdated of decades)
would be to enforce such a policy at a global level, requiring IT
companies to never replace their major product's versions with
new versions and to maintain all of them simultaneously.
I think this makes sense only from an historical-documentary point of view
so specific agencies should be appointed for this purpose by
state bodies as long as there is an interest by the broad
public for it ...
best
(Thomas)
---- On Thu, 26 Jun 2025 08:45:14 +0100 Tim Starling <
mailto:[email protected] > wrote ---
On 26/6/25 12:57, Leonid G via
Wikitech-l wrote:
All these years I’m using a Windows XP laptop with Firefox
52.9.0
(32-bit) on it, and am quite happy with it (won’t change
the system).
I'm sure you are happy with it, but it's insecure, and it won't
work forever.
But
since two weeks most pictures and map links are not
showing up properly. Here
are the screenshots as an example of one page in three
languages and an example
of a picture file:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fYqWSfaJ18Zperk4-9XtwWqPBPZWv4ZL/view?usp=sharing
Try right-clicking on one of the broken images, then click "open
image in new tab", and switch to the new tab, and see if there is
any error.
I note that the JPEGs seem to be broken whereas the PNGs seem to
work. I would be surprised if that's our fault. Maybe your libjpeg
is corrupted due to it being on a very old hard drive. You could
try reinstalling Windows.
Was a coding algorithm at Wikipedia changed or support for older
browsers disabled? According to this (
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Compatibility_browser )
my browser is still supported. If it has been caused by
mistake, then could you
please turn it back on?
No, I don't think so, although dropping grade C support for your
browser has recently been discussed at
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T380576
-- Tim Starling
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