History: Tiki Suite Desktop

Tiki Suite is designed for cross-platform desktops. Below are some related notes.

Use case: Old XP PCs that are too old to move to Windows 7

• WinXP support ends in 2014-04
• Convert these live instances to be a virtual machine within a lightweight GNU/Linux distro
• Use GNU/Linux as the main distro but you can fire up WinXP for access to legacy apps

Convert physical to virtual (P2V)

• virt-p2v
• Get VMware vCenter Converter Standalone

Reveal software keys

• Enchanted Keyfinder
• http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html

Check Hardware support for virtualization

• https://www.grc.com/securable.htm

UNetbootin

• UNetbootin

Distros designed for older hardware

• http://lxle.net/about/