[GNC] Runtime to terminate in an unusual way

[Chris Skudder]

David thanks for the reminder on correcting the subject line.

And yes, it would make a lot of sense to use the Win7 machine for the 
Linux system Quite possibly makes more sense than changing the Win10 
machine, unless you have some other reason you want to keep Win7 alive.

A "lighter" Linux "flavor" like Xubuntu will run beautifully on Win7-era 
hardware, and you'll still have a more-current Windows machine running 
along side it. If you're happy with Linux on the previously-Win7 machine 
you can then change over the Win 10 machine.

good luck with it all.
Chris


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> Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 19:42:45 +0530
> From: "David T."<sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
> To:gnucash-user at gnucash.org, Chris Skudder<CSkudder at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Runtime to terminate in an unusual way
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> Or just take the (now seriously out of date) Win 7 machine and install Linux there and ensure the data file reads there...
>
> After all, you're not likely to get anything else to run on that machine (and certainly not Windows 11)...
>
> David T.
>
> [Chris, if you are using a digest, you should remember to edit the subject line when replying]
>
> On May 12, 2026 6:52:38 PM GMT+05:30, Chris Skudder<CSkudder at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Raymond,
>> I'm not 100% clear on what you mean by:
>> "use the Windows 7 computer as a backup, in case I muck the change over up"
>>
>> IF by this you mean to simply preserve the GnuCash data file itself (and possibly some of the config files too), then you can copy those files onto a USB drive and just hold it aside while you work on the Win10/Linux machine.