5mo ago

The official support of Windows 7 has finally ended today!

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Goodbye, sweet prince
- *Good night

There's a pretty good amount of people still using it, it seems.
- I feel pretty comfortable saying that was the last good one, perhaps the best one, and it’s been downhill ever since.
  
  It hasn't been steadily downhill. There was a plunge downwards with Windows 8, then 8.1 recovered a little and 10 more, before Windows 11 undid the gains.
  
  Yep, I've said this before.
  Windows 7 was the last great OS by microsoft.
  It was light enough to not be a bother on even used hardware.
  It was exceedingly stable and didnt need regular reformat and reinstalls like all previous windows OS's.
  Didnt need to be constantly rebooted every time you exited a big task like previous Windows.
  and you were able to do pretty much anything on it easily and without much fuss.
  and, outside of like driver installs, the OS pretty much stayed out of your way.
  It was brilliant. It was the best.
  It was the peak of the curve. 3.11/95/98/ME/NT/XP all built up to 7, and 8/10/11 are all falling further and further away from 7.
  The only reason to get rid of windows 7 is that there was no further way to monetize it since it had pretty good market saturation. If it wasnt for that Win7 would probably be the default OS for another 10+ years.
  
  Best looking for sure.
  
  8.1 was a gem
- https://time.com/12854/microsoft-to-take-windows-xp-off-life-support-despite-its-29-market-share/
  XP was a whopping 29% at EOL which is impressive to me that 7 is only 3%. But it makes sense that 10 has such a large market share since it was free and ran on (almost) everything that ran 7.
  
  I think a large part of it is how most of the machines that could run 7 can run everything after 7 (maybe just need more RAM), but many many MANY machines running XP couldn’t move forward because the CPU or the integrated graphics just couldn’t take it.
  
  this is full EOL not like normal user EOL, normal user EOL ended in 2020.
  
  Wish I could upvote you for your username! Haha

OK guys, guess it's time to upgrade to Windows 8. I bet it'll be great!
- could give Linux a try. Its come along way, even if you're a gamer.
  
  OK guys, time to upgrade to Redhat 6 from 1999. I bet it'll be great! It has Kernel 2.2, and I'm hearing good things about the upgrade to ipchains from ipfwadm!

They told me Windows 10 was the last Windows and I intend to make them fulfill that promise. And when I fail to make them fulfill their promise, I will keep it for myself.
- /sigh at this point i feel like “that guy” but M$ didnt say 10 would be the last Microsoft, a specific employee said it in a specific situation, that in context was pretty obviously “latest” and not “final”.
  The internet just took that one line and ran with it, as they are known to do.
  
  /sigh, I barely use it, and when I do, it pisses me off. I'll try to remember this anyway, thanks.
- Just in time to switch to Linux for me. Now that all my games run on Linux that will be the logical choice
- Win10 is the last windows. Defang it and put it in a VM. Still a better UI than the competition although KDE plasma is getting close, dolphin is very nice
  
  KDE these days is better at being Windows than Windows. Dunno how long it's been since you've used it (or how much/little you tinkered with it)
  
  That's just because you've been raised on it.

I feel Microsoft is in for a huge surprise when they end support for all versions of Windows except one that requires you to throw out your old hardware. At the same time, Linux is better than it’s ever been and is almost, if not just as easy to use as Windows. Not to mention, most work is done from a browser these days.
- I'm going to say there's a 10% chance Windows 11 gets BIOS support (or rather drops UEFI requirement) and drops TPM/SecureBoot requirement in the next three years. I think that's more likely than extending Windows 10 longer.
- I have a ton of application issues with Linux, so I have a dual boot.

What you mean ended? It was just released the other day...
- That was like two decades ago.

There was official support for Windows 7?
- Only the embedded variety meant to run on machines like ATMs, POS systems and other long term support machines.
  
  Well, plus all the other versions too, but embedded especially in this case

Aww, that's the last version of windows I ever owned.
- I don't think I've ever owned any version of Windows.
  
  Technically nobody else has either.

Windows 7 still has a similar market share to desktop Linux. I suspect that some of those users are holdouts, rejecting the Cortana nonsense but too stubborn or lazy to switch. But I'd also wager that, in the longer term, a decent portion of that 3% ends up on Linux.
- But I’d also wager that, in the longer term, a decent portion of that 3% ends up on Linux.
  Or they just continue to use their out of date OS. XP still has a 0.6% market share, and I have no idea what remotely modern software works on XP. Browsing the modern web will be a pain with the new encryption standards.
  
  There's a lot of systems that still uses it, cause it does its work and would be a pain to change. Of course they should avoid any contact with the net.
- At least on 10 it is relatively simple to disable Cortana and forget it exists. I can't believe Microsoft is trying to make Copilot key a thing.
  
  Copilot key
  I'm dreading the time I'm gonna have to buy a laptop now
- Give me ReactOS or give me ... fedora.
  
  Not super catchy...
- Wow, that's an interesting metric.

Lately I've been using OpenSUSE GNU/Linux and so far I've been relatively happy with. The installation process is simple and concise, and the system is rock-solid and easy to use.
- One of us!
  I have Leap on my homelab and Tumbleweed on my desktop and laptop for >5 years now. It's been awesome, and it's my favorite so far from >15 years of Linux.
  Glad you're enjoying it! Next step: get unreasonably obsessed with chameleons.
  
  I'm running Tumbleweed myself! Been very pleased overall. I believe OpenSUSE may have just cured my distro-hopping.
- Opensuse is a very good and somewhat underrated choice imo
- Maybe I should try OpenSUSE first when I'll switch my gaming desktop back to Linux. My first Linux experience was with SuSE 6.2 and that was very positive. Good to hear people are still happy about it.

Windows has been alternating between good and crap for decades. ME, crap. XP, good. Vista, crap. 7, good. 8/8.1, crap. 10, good…ish. 11, steaming feces. 12 will probably be at least half decent.
- I doubt that will be true anymore. 12 will probably have even more spyware and ads than 11.
  
  I really ought to switch my main pc to Linux.
  
  12 will very likely just be 11. They don't do OS development like they used to. Windows is essentially now an OS that gets DLC every 6 months.
- Fake news. MS said that Win 10 was the last one they were going to make so all of those others you mentioned are obviously fake.
- 10, good…ish.
  Windows 10 was never really good, its launch was very rocky. Most people just stockholmed their way into liking 10.
  
  It started to get some much needed dev features around 2019.
- I'm a heretic, but Vista > 7 and 8.1 > 10.
  
  Fuck you
- I've had the opposite experience - 10 sucked, but I have no complaints about 11... Though it might make a difference that my experience with 10 was after my old (win7 vintage) laptop took the free update, while my 11 experience is based on a new laptop that came with it preinstalled...

POSReady
Hehe

I have an old ASUS laptop with a 670M on Windows 7, any prayer the jump to Linux for drivers will be smooth? 🤞
I have an i914900KF desktop on windows 11 (I have to use it) and loathe the OS lol. Definitely wish there were programs for chopping down Windows 11 spyware crap.
- with a 670M
  Your GPU doesn't support latest drivers, and older drivers are a nuisance.
  
  Bummer 😓
  
  Unironically, the best bet for them is nvidia 540xx drivers on the AUR with an LTS kernel.

salute

Peice of shit ready?
- Point of Sale Ready... PoS properly describes every single one of those softwares.

Wait, just now?
Then why did I read online that it was insecure as hell to stay in Windows 8.1? (I was setting up an old lap for a mom's friend, with 4 painful GBs of RAM).
Also, doesn't Windows 10 support supposedly end next year?
I think I am not getting the kind of support that Windows provides.
- Microsoft offers a long-term support version of Windows called LTSC that's stripped down, only receives security updates, and is supported for 10 years from its release.
  It's only officially available to business clients, but with a little yar har fiddeldy dee, you too can experience extended support!
  
  but with a little yar har fiddeldy dee, you too can experience extended support!
  I figured, but I didn't read anything about that when I was on the massgrave site the other day, so that is why I just thought all older Windows versions are gone for good.
  It will come in handy for my Windows 10 Pro version that I have installed in my Mac though.
- The extended support updates aren't available to end consumers but is a paid product for enterprises that need more time to update.
  
  Ah, definitely clearer to me now, thanks, and it sucks.
- Funnily, Windows 7 ended up with longer support than Windows 8.

I can't believe I haven't turned off recall on my latest computer. I need to harden it already... and make my transition to linux.
- Recall is opt in now though and iirc you also need an ARM computer with some very specific processor to be able to use it at all.

That won't stop us. I've still got customers on variants of Windows XP.

Huh. And here I thought, Piece Of Shit Ready required at least Windows 10.

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