11? Fuck that, I'm not sidegrading to 8.
I ain't even joking. My media PC is still on 7, everything else is on Linux now.
this post was submitted on 28 Jul 2023
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Isn't it insecure to run such an old version tho? (Since it stopped recieving updates years ago)
Stockholm syndrome windows users trying to justify their toxic relationship to microsoft (colorized circa 2020).
It's insecure (in more ways than one) to be running Windows in general. If you value security to a high degree you probably shouldn't be using Windows.
Well, security doesn't matter for a media device like that. The exposure is so minimal that it might as well not exist.
Hell, considering I really only use it to pirate shit maybe once a month nowadays, my main desktop PC isn't even on enough to matter; I could keep any old OS on it.
Why not run a minimal distribution like Alpine if you're just torrenting?
embedded editions can get you extended time on older windows versions
I've been forced to install Windows 10 on my brand new build because it doesn't support W7.
But Steam is also dropping W7 support by the end of this year anyway. Yes, there are native Linux games on Steam and there's also Proton and WINE, but it's not a 100% solution.
Why would it support a 14 year old OS whose final release was 12 years ago and mainstream support ended 8 years ago?
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windows 8 made me switch to linux
I recently upgraded windows 7 to mint
Bill said Windows 10 was the last one, so...
True story: I had been consistently telling my laptop not to upgrade to Windows 11 for literally months. I left it at home for like 3 days and when I came back it had upgraded itself anyway. That was the day I completely deleted Windows from my laptop. Formatted the entire hard drive and haven't regretted it yet. Never even logged into Windows 11.
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all Linux memes communities have been like this
Linuxmemes: the ultimate hub for Windows memes.
Does win 11 still require physical hardware to run? Why I have to sacrifice one of my motherboard slots for a worthless authentication chip that might stop working and brick my computer - ya I'll stay with 10.
The TPM is either built into your CPU or plugs into a dedicated header on the motherboard.
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You're not sacrificing a slot. TPM chips are typically either soldered onto the motherboard, built into the chipset, or (in the few instances that they are optional) go in a special port just fir them.
There are plenty of reasons not to move to W11 without making up new ones.
Technically it's an artificial requirement, it'll run just fine without secure boot and TPM, you'll just need to do some work around to install it that way.
TIL that you can be coerced into win 11 upgrade. I have immunity, tho! My PC is too shitware ;-;
It told me that too. Which was fine because like nobody asked? But then it did it anyway. Quietly in the night like the sneaky little hoe that it is. I'm still pretty salty. I thought I was safe 😔
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaa. But...if your machine is too weak to run it...isn't this simply damaging your machine at that point?! The hell?!
Windows 11 sucks
You spelled downgrading wrong
Stay on 10 for as long as possible if you have to use windows. Ideally go for LTSC and even more ideally, switch to sth else
The problem arises if Microsoft introduces a new version of DirectX that is exclusive to Windows 11....like they did with DirectX 12.
When that time comes, I'm moving to Linux full time. If I have issues, I'll just bust out the Series X.
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windows 11 end of support
I moved to Linux (Arch btw) and I haven’t looked back.
The lack of bloatware and the snappiness of Linux just beats any other OS.
Oh, right. Microsoft is still at it with their "Windows" thing.
Like Patrick Henry said: "Give me Arch or give me death!"
got new laptop, good deal but no choice besides 11, works fine for me. wont upgrade desktop until forced but no need to try too hard to avoid it imho
'Upgrading'.
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I have to say I really like windows 11. It’s more secure and it runs well for me. It’s very similar to 10 still with some more refined existing features, and even some cool new ones like live captioning and OCR snipping
Yeah people are just circlejerking. It’s not that different than 10.
some of us have still PTSD from moving from XP to vista, or even worse, from win 7 to 8.0
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