Linux vs Windows

Since XP and the new system files are not getting along I will have to change
or update my operating system. I tried Simsig under 2 different live versions
of Linux and both locked up the computer. So my question is which operating
software is best?

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Since XP and the new system files are not getting along I will have to change
or update my operating system. I tried Simsig under 2 different live versions
of Linux and both locked up the computer. So my question is which operating
software is best?

I run Simsig on XP (SP3) without any problems. The new system files work fine when setup correctly.
Barry

However, it does mean that security flaws in XP will go uncorrected. It's safely usable if you don't connect it to the internet and you also don't run untrusted software, of course, but aside from this special case, don't continue to use XP in the medium/long term. Sooner or later someone will find a flaw that can be exploited and you will get some horrible virus/malware of some description that uses your computer for illegal purposes/steals your data/holds your data to ransom/something else/all of the above.

Like the computer experts told us the world was going to die on 01/01/2000?

How much of that sort of frightener goes back to Microsoft and the manufacturers wanting us to buy new computers (particularly as I understand that Microsoft are getting major grief from the manufacturers because the market for desktops/laptops has collapsed following the techie-led revolution that is Windows 8).

However, it does mean that security flaws in XP will go uncorrected. It's safely usable if you don't connect it to the internet and you also don't run untrusted software, of course, but aside from this special case, don't continue to use XP in the medium/long term. Sooner or later someone will find a flaw that can be exploited and you will get some horrible virus/malware of some description that uses your computer for illegal purposes/steals your data/holds your data to ransom/something else/all of the above.

There are a number of Anti-virus/Malware software available still supporting XP (SP3).

Barry

That said, as it doesn't seem to have been mentioned here, there is no reason in principle that you couldn't run your copy* of Windows XP in a virtual PC on Linux

I think I'm right in thinking that most CPUs have virtualisation extensions nowadays.

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That said, as it doesn't seem to have been mentioned here, there is no reason in principle that you couldn't run your copy* of Windows XP in a virtual PC on Linux

How well does the average laptop/computer handle a virtual copy of something as big as XP? I know that it's certainly going to be slower than your proper OS, but quite how much slower I haven't a clue!

(By "big", I mean resource-heavy in comparison to something like Win 95/98 or a lightweight Linux distro - although XP is still a lot lighter than the later versions of Windows)