7/24/2023 0 Comments Winmerge linuxLinux beats XP as a Web server but not as a desktop Web development operating system. ![]() Some aspects of Linux on the desktop are painful compared to XP. At that point I moved the last of my Web development onto Linux. I used the XP machine for Web development then one of the critical Apache/MySQL/PHP software trio decided to not support XP. XP runs some programs not available on Linux and wins an ongoing place among my existing computers but not on any new computer. My XP machine works for months at a time without problems and wins for reliability on old hardware. Some hardware suppliers still supply drivers for XP while others have dropped support. Windows XP is supported by most open source projects and I can continue to use my old Windows XP 64 machine for anything software related. ![]() ![]() The combination beats all previous versions of Linux and Windows, except for Windows XP 64. I am writing in Libreoffice 4.0.2.2 on Linux Mint 15 with Cinnamon 2.0.
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