Using old XP computer for cold storage - how much longer?

[Moria843]

I'm still using an old XP computer for cold storage and to to sign transactions prior to broadcast. Currently running full install of electrum-2.9.3 using chrome and it currently works great with no problems.

Just wondering how much longer electrum will run on XP and if it's time to set up a cold computer with Ubuntu or some other more modern OS?

[BitMaxz]

I'm still using an old XP computer for cold storage and to to sign transactions prior to broadcast. Currently running full install of electrum-2.9.3 using chrome and it currently works great with no problems.

Just wondering how much longer electrum will run on XP and if it's time to set up a cold computer with Ubuntu or some other more modern OS?

It will  depends if you computer gets damage you can be still use electrum even in old  version since the newer version of electrum still not work in old OS like windows 7 and xp.
So your wallet will be still safe until your computer gets damaged.. just always save private keys and seeds for future recovery as backup..
As of now i am still using older version of electrum 2.7.1 and still working unlike the latest version..

[pooya87]

last time i checked you can no longer run the new versions of Electrum 3+ on windows XP. i didn't spend time to see why, but it is probably because of python 3 that Electrum 3+ are using. you may find a way to fix it although it is best to use a light Linux distribution if you have an old computer and you want to use it as a cold storage. there are lots of them out there. if you like Ubuntu and are familiar with it then use Lubuntu or Xubuntu which are light weight versions of the same thing with a different desktop environment (LXDE and XFCE respectively).

also if you are using old versions then keep an eye on this: https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES#L79 and read from this line which is the Electrum version you are using towards up which is the latest version. you can see what are the things that have been changed. sometimes it is possible that a serious bug were fixed and you need to upgrade.