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The official support of Windows 7 has finally ended today! (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by pastermil@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 month ago (5 children)

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.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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Or they just continue to use their out of date OS.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.

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] subignition@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wonder how they figure the 0.6% if those systems aren't sending telemetry via the internet. Is there an organization that does a hardware census or something?

[–] kill_dash_nine@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

It’s my understanding that many of those surveys do so from tracking user agent strings from browsers. Whole they can be modified, most people have no idea how to do so.

[–] subignition@fedia.io 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] fossphi@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Copilot key

I'm dreading the time I'm gonna have to buy a laptop now

[–] send_me_your_ink@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 month ago

That makes me wonder. Can you escape it with a non-us keyboard?

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Give me ReactOS or give me ... fedora.

[–] tee9000@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Not super catchy...

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago

Wow, that's an interesting metric.