Hahahahaha!!!! Oh, man, I don't know. But that was very funny!! I am already trying to use Linux more and more. Sometimes I use Lubuntu, Slitaz, Sparky Linux... Right now I am testing Peppermint Linux. I also got a Raspberry Pi. I am planning to transition away from Windows, because it's a dead-end road. Windows 10 is a no go. I won't touch it. Windows XP has been my favorite, but I'm having more and more issues online. There's a growing list of websites that refuse to work. My bank's website won't load. My church's website won't load. Github won't load. Facebook Messenger quit working. WhatsApp's web version quit working long ago, and now even my email software is experiencing hiccups. I contacted the developer, and he refuses to fix them, because to him, I am just a lonely XP user, and he focuses on Windows 10 and 11 mainly. I think, it was unintentional on his part that his software runs on Windows XP, and I just took advantage of that for awhile. But here I am in the abyss of abandoned and glitchy softwares, and this abyss just keeps getting deeper and darker. So, no, I won't stay here forever.

What I really like about XP is that when I click on Microsoft Word, it pops up immediately. It may take 1 second, but it's almost instant. On Linux, when I click on LibreOffice, I have to sit there and wait for half a minute for it to finally be ready so I can type.

What makes Windows XP unique is that it supports HTA applications and JScript which don't work on Linux at all. For example, Windows has the ability to embed JavaScript apps into the desktop. In Windows 7, there were JavaScript apps called "gadgets." There was a clock app, a weather app, and various others. I modified the clock app slightly, so it said the time out loud at the top of every hour. With some tweaking, these apps can also run on XP. I also wrote various registry tweaking tools in JavaScript which increase Windows performance and customize my desktop. I have dozens of JavaScript programs that I have written over the years. Some of them rename files, search and replace strings, tweak Windows, create playlists for Windows Media Player from my music folder. I guess, I could convert them to Perl, but that would take quite awhile. By switching to Linux, all my Windows knowledge will be useless, and I have to start from zero. Well, not entirely. See, one of the reasons I chose to learn PERL is because it allows me to control Linux. If I open the terminal window and type in "perl -v" and it shows that Perl is installed, I feel such a relief! Whether I'm on a Raspberry Pi or Apple or Linux, when I see that Perl is installed on the system, I know, at least, there is ONE familiar thing in this strange system. :)

In reply to Re^4: The Y2K 2038 problem by harangzsolt33
in thread The Y2K 2038 problem by harangzsolt33

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