[Therion] Therion et al on Win 7 or 8.1

Martin Sluka martinsluka at mac.com
Thu Dec 5 08:03:58 CET 2013


Bruce, it was comment of user of XP which had to start use W7 and tested a bit W8. :/

Odesláno z iPhonu

5. 12. 2013 v 6:31, Bruce <bruce at tomo.co.nz>:

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> A good response then, thank you all very much...
> even though I could hear the disguised sneer in the Mac user's comment! ;)
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> It seems that Win7, 8.1 and Debian are all contenders for a Therion user.
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> This may be getting off topic...
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> My needs are;
> -low risk, I cannot afford an interruption that requires me to focus my whole attention before 'life as usual' can resume,
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> -resistance to change, I have many spreadsheets with embedded VBA that run only on Excel 2000-2003 for Windows (and some other apps) (thanks to my misplaced trust in Microsoft's forward compatibility). I need to dump my existing XP environment 'exactly as is' into a virtual machine,
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> -low intensity, a migration that enables me to trickle my many applications to the new os at my leisure over time (unless it can do it automatically in one go),
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> -for the developing artist in the family; to run the latest wacom drawing tablets (which XP does not)
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> While the Windows options might seem to be the natural choice for a Windows user of 20 years, my testing of the waters to date suggests that Debian may not be much more of a shock than the new Windows.  Apart from my legacy of Windows knowledge, and data that depends on Windows apps I would go there in a moment. I just lack the time to do a lot of relearning and a local Debian mentor I think.
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> I am a bit worried though, about the amount of time it took Therion 5.3.11 to turn up in Debian!
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> I'd like to 'upgrade in place' on the same machine, but I think that violates my first point above, so I guess I'm up for a new computer, at least for the duration of the migration.
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> Wookey, can Wine or Virtualbox receive an intact XP system? It seems to me it requires a fresh reinstall of Windows and all the apps?
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> Currently I'm hunting around for solutions like zinstall, but any suggestions welcomed.
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> Bruce
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> PS - I see two Notepad++ users - is that coincidence because it is good software? Or because of the entry in the Therion wiki?
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