[AT] OT - unsecured servers

[Phil Auten]

It really used to depend on which version of Linux you use. Newer 
versions will most likely be the best, with more support for current 
video and wi-fi, and other main parts of the computer as well. My lasy 
experience with Linux was with a laptop I was repairing while I worked 
at Acer. I believe it was either Penguin or Ubuntu. Worked flawlessly 
with an excellent GUI (Graphical User Interface) and it was very fast, 
both to boot up and to open files. Win 7 is really getting long in the 
tooth and I'm surprised Microsoft has let it hang on this long. I was 
repairing mostly XP and Vista machines when Win7 was introduced. 
Probably in 2008. That makes it at least 11 years old and Microsoft 
makes all it's money by obsoleting it's operating systems and the 
associated software that goes with them like Office.


Phil in TX


On 1/6/2020 8:00 AM, James Peck wrote:
> I saw a notice that Microsoft had set a date not too far in the future 
> to stop issuing security updates for Win 7.  I have a laptop that 
> needs a keyboard replacement that is being used with an external 
> keyboard that is on Win 7. It may be upgradeable to 8.
>
> I replaced a keyboard this weekend on my only Win 10 machine.
>
> We have had list members recommend Linux. Sounds like a big step to me.
>
> Phil Auten Texas AT List member (pga2 at basicisp.net); The biggest 
> problem I have with all browsers is that they have quit supporting any 
> version of Windows older than Windows7. Both of my laptops are running 
> older versions of Windows, one on XP SP3 and the other on Vista SP2. I 
> am looking at converting them both to Linux.
>
>
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