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Whoa! Windows 7's market share surged, tripling in users last month (www.pcworld.com)
submitted 18 hours ago by spicehoarder@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world
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As the article notes, the increase seems to be driven mainly by users in Asia, where recycling and reusing older hardware is quite common. I wonder if third-party companies are offering extended security patches there, which could make affordable second-hand Windows 7 machines more appealing for people who just need them for browsing or light tasks. It would certainly make sense given recent fiascos and Microsoft’s current stance on AI, especially with generative AI being used to develop system-level code.

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[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I can confirm Mint, specifically with the Cinnamon Desktop environment. Although I would also recommend Debian with the Cinnamon Desktop. Ubuntu has been making some pretty weird choices ~~lately~~ for a while now. And while Mint has been trying to move it's upstream straight to Debian, they haven't done so yet.

[–] pirat@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

There's Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE). Does that count?

[–] mitrosus@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Surely it does. I also have a secret dream that they will make LMDE the default Linux Mint. No sense basing Ubuntu when they are stripping away everything ubuntu

[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 hours ago

There is a rational reason for it - some types of software expect Ubuntu during their installation and usage (especially game server panels for some reason), and I'd imagine they wouldn't work properly if Mint was closer to Debian than Ubuntu.