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Re:Windows 11 Insider Preview Build by epoxy_sauce on Friday March 07, 2025 @11:32AM (#43291571)
I still use 7 on my offline pcs. Its still such a fantastic operating system and I don't see us getting another like it from ms. I'm one of those nostalgia folks who can't move on. People are certainly feeling the same way 10 to 11.

That rule can always be gamed too, heh. I felt it went 8 bad, 8.1 good, 10 bad. Then 11 broke the pattern.

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Re:Windows 11 Insider Preview Build by estebank on Friday March 07, 2025 @12:00PM (#43291834)
Consider trying out Linux+KDE, if the reason to use 7 isn't specific software on older hardware. It feels like a continuation of Windows 7 as a desktop for the most part.
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Re:Windows 11 Insider Preview Build by wkat4242 on Friday March 07, 2025 @02:40PM (#43293644)
It really depends how you configure it. It has an amazing wealth of configuration settings and that's before diving into the whole addon rabbit hole. This is really what I love about KDE. Everyone else is now going for the apple opinionated design "Just use it like we meant it to be used" philosophy. Even other Linux desktops like gnome (in fact gnome is one of the worst offenders)

With KDE you can simply align it with your own opinions.

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