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Re: [LUG] OT / perhaps.Transfer Win Box to Linux. When is last Windows XP updates due?

 

On 04/03/14 22:49, Eion MacDonald wrote:
> Transfer Win Box to Linux. When is last Windows XP updates due?
>  I intend doing last update for Windows XP on old 2005 machine, removing
> hard disc or taking image, so it can go back to Win XP if necessary,
> (unlikely but - historical record), then installing a Linux (OpenSUSE
> XCFE 13.1 perhaps or other) and using as a Linux box.
>
> I have done Feb Windows update, is there a planned March update for XP?
Dan Smith on the Exeter lug has a plan for win XP end of life and has
put this on his website.

http://www.todayintech.co.uk/my-windows-xp-end-of-life-plan/


hope this helps,  maybe you can work together on something.  

Paul

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