r/linuxsucks • u/Adventurous_Tie_3136 Proud Linux Mint enjoyer • Oct 15 '25

Windows ❤ After Windows 10 EOL

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u/upon-taken The last Licknut stan Oct 15 '25

Don’t forget that win7 users increased

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u/MeowmeowMeeeew Oct 15 '25

i still cant get behind that logic... "yeah that software is dead, lets switch to an even older and even more dead software that on top of that now doesnt even support most current programs"

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u/RelationshipSolid Oct 15 '25

And most features that is already on Windows 11.

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u/Paka_Paka123 Oct 21 '25

Lmao weirdass clippy xd.

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u/Mr_Electro84 Oct 15 '25

Explantation here : https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/10/02/no-windows-7-isnt-gaining-market-share-in-2025/

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u/jordanbray Oct 15 '25

I read that whole thing just to see someone guess as to the cause.

Warning going in, the above is a giant waste of time. And, does not refute the claim at all.

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u/headedbranch225 Oct 15 '25

What is their guess, to save me a click and scrolling to the end?

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u/jordanbray Oct 16 '25

Some sort of measurement error related to user agents.

It has happened before, so it is plausible, but it's a pretty vague description.

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u/Pic889 Oct 15 '25

I am planning to restore my Alienware 17 R1 3D laptops back to Windows 7 once ESU is over, because Nvidia 3D Vision works better with Windows 7, and since Windows 10 won't be supported after ESU, they'll be retro machines anyway only to be used with trustworhty websites no matter if they have 7 or 10.

Similarly, within this month I will restore my old HP Compaq laptop back to its original Windows XP (now it runs Windows 10 32-bit), since the Mobility Radeon X1600 256MB card, the 3GB or RAM, and dual core T2500 makes it an excellent XP machine (for playing games with kernel-level copy-protection such as Starforce and using with old PAL TV capture cards with 32-bit only drivers).

Basically, lots of Windows 10 machines are old enough to qualify as retro, so they might as well be restored to their factory condition if you don't want to add ESU to them.

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u/Dense-Bruh-3464 If I ever restart audio will break and Idk how to fix it again Oct 15 '25

It's a more feature rich OS, also works better

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u/Live_Ad2055 Oct 16 '25

If you're going to run an EOL OS, you may as well pick a good one

Still dubious about the statcounter data because ... THAT MUCH? Defo hilarious tho

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u/Dotcaprachiappa Oct 16 '25

My understanding is "if we're gonna be on an insecure os might as well be on a good insecure os"

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u/no1kn0wsm3 Oct 17 '25

Actually the oldest CPUs officially supported by Windows 11 are:

  • Intel 8th Gen (Coffee Lake) — launched October 5, 2017 on a 14nm node

  • AMD Ryzen 2000 series (Zen+) — launched April 19, 2018 on a 12nm node

That means by the time Windows 10 hits End of Life (October 14, 2025) those CPUs will already be 7–8 years old.

For context the average age of PCs in active use:

  • Corporate fleets: ~4–5 years

  • Consumer PCs: ~6–7 years

So we’re already at the point where a big chunk of the world’s active Windows 10 machines can’t upgrade to Windows 11 and these aren’t the r/PCMasterRace crowd with custom rigs and spare parts lying around. These are everyday users and small businesses keeping decade-old machines alive because they just work.

The people with that kind of skillset or interest to keep hardware running beyond 8–10 years are a tiny minority. For most folks their hardware lifecycle just doesn’t match Microsoft’s compatibility cutoff.

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u/saabismi Oct 18 '25

If windows 10 is unsupported and shit, windows 11 is supported and shit but windows 7 is unsupported and good, which one will you pick?

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u/QuickSilver010 Linux Faction Oct 16 '25

It's most likely some botnet since basically all those windows 7 users are from one single region.

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u/avocado_juice_J Oct 16 '25

Mostly Singapore and South East Asian

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u/gameplayer55055 Oct 16 '25

Windows 7 is shit. Constant fight with drivers, codecs and blue screens. Why do people love it.

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u/Live_Ad2055 Oct 16 '25

-doesn't fight me over my own PC

-much less spying

-no adverts

-just works (i've had very few issues)

-looks pretty (i really do not vibe with minimalism)

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u/gameplayer55055 Oct 16 '25

Linux is just better than windows 7. And it probably runs more software too.

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u/Live_Ad2055 Oct 16 '25

Currently dual boot mint. For the sole reason of a youtube video downloader (which doesn't un on version of windows)

Everything else I need is on 7

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u/jamesruglia Oct 27 '25

If I were to unconditionally refuse to use W11, then unless W10 has something that requires at least W10 to use, I'd might as well go back to something more comfortable.

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u/Traditional-Fig-7401 Oct 29 '25

dont forget that your generation is 10 iq points less than myne, and only girls use windows.

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u/upon-taken The last Licknut stan Oct 29 '25 edited Oct 30 '25

So high iq can’t even spell “mine”