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I had a similar experience coming from 10 years of exclusive Mac usage. I had been a Windows guy in the 90s/early aughts before I was given a Mac Mini as a than

by donatj 5y ago

I had a similar experience coming from 10 years of exclusive Mac usage. I had been a Windows guy in the 90s/early aughts before I was given a Mac Mini as a thank you after finishing an internship. I bought a gaming PC at the start of the pandemic as something to do. My general feelings were “This is it? This is Windows 7 with a coat of paint” The single thing that the author didn’t touch on that I do love is WSL. My guess is it would have been a cop out for them, but it’s where I spend most of my time these days. I even have it set up so I can ssh into my PC from Windows, which curiously takes me to a C:\ prompt, but typing WSL and hitting enter brings me to the good stuff. It has some weird limitations though, I can’t access network mounts, namely my NAS from while ssh’d into Windows for instance.

HWR_14 5y ago
> . My general feelings were “This is it? This is Windows 7 with a coat of paint” My general feeling is if Windows 7 still receive free secure updates, I'd be using it. I have no real need for anything more than Windows 7 but more secure, and don't see how any computer OS has improved in the past decade.
- p1peridine 5y ago
  > My general feeling is if Windows 7 still receive free secure updates, I'd be using it. For security, you can Micropatch it. I tried W7 recently and it was even better, more polished than I remembered. USB3 drivers could be an issue though. Depends on the motherboard.
  - HWR_14 5y ago
    What's Micropatch?
    - p1peridine 5y ago
      Check out 0patch by ACROS Security. They do support Windows 7. > A patch (also called a micropatch) is a small package with a few code instructions that replace a vulnerable section of code in a running application. A patch therefore fixes a vulnerability. > A licensed patch can get applied to a module(usually, a DLL–dynamic-link library) inside a running process in order to eliminate a vulnerability in that process. This means that the vulnerable code section in the module inside the process is replaced with corrected code from the patch. > 0patch does not change executable files on the file system. It only modifies code in memory of running processes, which allows it to easily and quickly apply and remove patches without even relaunching applications, much less restarting your computer. https://0patch.com/ https://0patch.com/ User Manual: https://0patch.com/files/0patch_Agent_User_Manual_21.05.05.10500.pdf https://0patch.com/files/0patch_Agent_User_Manual_21.05.05.1... Windows Central article: https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-7-approaches-end-life-one-group-has-plan-keep-patching-it https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-7-approaches-end-life...
prewett 5y ago
My feeling about WSL is that if you have to install another operating system into your main operating system, clearly the main operating system has problems.
- donatj 5y ago
  100%. Windows is the problem to solve, not the destination. If you're stuck on Windows though, it can make it somewhat usable.

by donatj 5y ago

HWR_14 5y ago

> . My general feelings were “This is it? This is Windows 7 with a coat of paint” My general feeling is if Windows 7 still receive free secure updates, I'd be using it. I have no real need for anything more than Windows 7 but more secure, and don't see how any computer OS has improved in the past decade.

p1peridine 5y ago
> My general feeling is if Windows 7 still receive free secure updates, I'd be using it. For security, you can Micropatch it. I tried W7 recently and it was even better, more polished than I remembered. USB3 drivers could be an issue though. Depends on the motherboard.
- HWR_14 5y ago
  What's Micropatch?
  - p1peridine 5y ago
    Check out 0patch by ACROS Security. They do support Windows 7. > A patch (also called a micropatch) is a small package with a few code instructions that replace a vulnerable section of code in a running application. A patch therefore fixes a vulnerability. > A licensed patch can get applied to a module(usually, a DLL–dynamic-link library) inside a running process in order to eliminate a vulnerability in that process. This means that the vulnerable code section in the module inside the process is replaced with corrected code from the patch. > 0patch does not change executable files on the file system. It only modifies code in memory of running processes, which allows it to easily and quickly apply and remove patches without even relaunching applications, much less restarting your computer. https://0patch.com/ https://0patch.com/ User Manual: https://0patch.com/files/0patch_Agent_User_Manual_21.05.05.10500.pdf https://0patch.com/files/0patch_Agent_User_Manual_21.05.05.1... Windows Central article: https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-7-approaches-end-life-one-group-has-plan-keep-patching-it https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-7-approaches-end-life...

prewett 5y ago

My feeling about WSL is that if you have to install another operating system into your main operating system, clearly the main operating system has problems.

donatj 5y ago
100%. Windows is the problem to solve, not the destination. If you're stuck on Windows though, it can make it somewhat usable.