[tbb-bugs] #21080 [Applications/Tor Browser]: The end of support for Windows XP and Vista in 2017

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#21080: The end of support for Windows XP and Vista in 2017
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 Reporter:  i139                      |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
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Comment (by i139):

 Replying to [comment:2 yawning]:

 > Extended support for XP apart from embedded variants ended on
 2014/04/08, which was over two years ago.  If people haven't updated or
 switched by now, I doubt anything that we say would convince them to
 change their mind.  Extended support for Vista ends in April 2017, but I'd
 be willing to bet that there are more XP users than Vista users.

 Not always upgrading your operating system is an option, lot of people in
 Brazil, China, India and some places in africa can't update they Windows
 version by hardware limitations or other motif. Want to upgrade is
 different from being able to update

 Here in Brazil there are people using old hardware, sometimes hardware
 with 10 years ago, this hardware can't be update, but can run GNU/Linux
 like Tails.

 Is interesting to explain those people how use Tails GNU/Linux, and show
 how easy it's to use with a USB stick or one CD-ROM.

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