Computing Anyone going back to the Windows 7?

[PtahTek]

hi, family

i know errybody got their own thing goin on but just curious if there are going to be any takers?

im still on 7 and have option to update to whatever they have with the hardware installed. really a waste of resources here.

anyway
there is an uptick in windows 7 usage and appears there is a market for it.
Uptick in windows 7 usage

a more general view

 

[ions]

They say windows 7 was the best windows. Anything is better than what Bill Gates is getting away with these days.

 

[PtahTek]

They say windows 7 was the best windows. Anything is better than what Bill Gates is getting away with these days.

XP is a great lightweight OS imo as well... still have it running on virtual machines but havent fucked with tech inna bit
too much other shit goin on

 

[ions]

7 was great tho ime. It seemed like a dick move to stop servicing 10 tho.

 

[ageingpartyfiend]

Yeah 7 was my very fave windows (but I'm not Mr IT so take opinion with a pinch of salt, I'm not saying it was 'better', just felt more intuitive and user-friendly to me). Also felt less intrusive / spy-like

Hoping all is cool in your world atm @PtahTek ya lovely fella

 

[PtahTek]

Hoping all is cool in your world atm @PtahTek ya lovely fella

in a word? stabilizing. good enough for me.
thanks for the well wishes. actually means more than what one would think... maybe. idk.
always
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[placebonaut]

been using windows since v 3

I've been trialing linux distros for the past few months and finally made the permanent change to endeavour, didn't like ubuntu or fedora as much.

since steam did all the work on linux for the steam deck games support has been excellent, not really much else stopping me changing - though tbh I don't play many games any more.

and the performance boost over running windows 11 has been brilliant.

I did like windows 7, but I wouldn't feel comfy running any OS that's not getting security fixes.

 

[spypilot]

i use window 7 as my daily pc os and windows xp sp3 as my laptop os

 

[thujone]

been using linux since XP

it's one of the few things left in the world that hasn't been utterly fucked into a cocked hat