Dear Friends, I noticed queries appreared in this discussion forum about the availability of Koha (3.x) windows version. Many Library professionals like to see latest version of Koha work with Windows. XAMPP and EasyPHP with Windows are very popular among non techie librarians due to its user friendliness. We cannot blame admirers of Windows OS. Windows arrived early in desktop OS market and made popularity due to its user friendliness. As a library professional, may I share one experience regarding the inconsistency of Windows while using for the installation of library management system like Koha. Virus attack and related vulnerabilities make Windows operating system not suitable for production server purpose. I installed Koha windows version more than four times in this year for a school library in our city. The school Librarian is one of my friend he is a non techie. His OS was Windows XP and formatted the system every two month due to virus attack. In this situation he could not enjoy the service of Koha. Last month I installed Koha with Mint Linux (www. <http://www.linuxmint.com/>*linuxmint*.com<http://www.linuxmint.com/>) erasing Windows in his system. After that, he has not complained regarding virus and Koha run there well. Mint Linux provides good user friendly interface. My friend work with Linux and Koha without any difficulty. He is using the Linux based applications for his day to day activities (word processing, net surfing etc). In my experience Linux OS is more suitable for Koha. Majority of the Library professionals are not familiar with Linux and therefore they are not in a position to install Koha with Linux. I hope that Koha Live CD is a good solution to this problem. Mizstik project ( http://mizstik.com/projects/koha-livecd/) is a good initiative to this direction. I hope that more Koha Live CD's would develop on various Linux distributions and then installation of Koha will not be a difficulty. My request to library professionals is that, try to use Koha latest version with Linux instead of trying previous Windows version (2.x). If you are not familiar with Linux and Koha, try to attend Koha workshop organize soon in your area and acquire the technical competency. -- Vimal Kumar V. Asst. Librarian Asian School of Business Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581 Web: www.vimalkumar.co.nr Blog: http://vimalkumar.oksociety.in OK Society Volunteer. http://oksociety.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt" -Patrick White