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Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 17:32:21 -0500
From: Terry McCarty - WA5NTI <3t3 AT comcast DOT net>
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Hello -

I am also new to the LINUX world and would like very much to see XP 
"live forever".

I still use XP as my main "go to" machine. 

But ... Microsoft's continuing "march to bigger and better" and my 
reluctance to be forced to repeatedly buy new bigger and faster 
machinery to accommodate the new windows systems has nudged me out of my 
complacency - I am now using Cygwin and learning LINUX.

If Cygwin continues to support XP, it will continue to serve as "that 
bright city on a hill", giving us old Microsoft Ludditess a comfortable 
"stepping stone" that encourages us to switch to LINUX.

-- 
     Terry McCarty
    3t3 AT comcast DOT net
        wa5nti


Herbert Stocker wrote:

> Hi,
>
> i have read that beginning this month Cygwin wants to drop support
> for Windows XP.  Though the home page and FAQ entry 12 do not talk
> about this. Are they out of date or is WinXP still supported?
>
> Although there are better OSes now, WinXP is still a good OS.
> Especially for virtual machines, because of its low memory foot print.
> Only just 220 MiB for the OS!
>
> So while i feel it's not fair to beg you to go through all the
> complexities of still supporting it, i want to ask:
>
> - If there is no support anymore for Win XP (SP3), is there a reposi-
>   tory around, where one can download the last version of Cygwin that
>   supported WinXP (SP3)?
>
> - If not, how can i do it by myself? Will i have to create a mirror
>   and not update it? Or would i have to download the current version
>   somehow?
>
>
> Thank you very much for the great work.
> Cygwin makes Windows complete if you ask me.
>
> Herbert
>
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