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Does Steam run on Ubuntu 9 (or kernel 2.6)? Because that's what was current when Windows 7 was released.

flanked-evergl 4y ago
I think some people stick with Windows 7 (and Windows 10 also) not because they can't upgrade, but because they prefer not to. On Linux you really have all the same options as you did with Ubuntu 9, you can still get Mate which is basically where Gnome was then, you have a mostly similar userland, the kernel is way better and faster now, what would keep people on Ubuntu 9? On the other hand, Windows seems to get more resource intensive with every release and the UI gets worse, why would anyone want to upgrade other than EOL?
- adrianmsmith 4y ago
  What about the introduction of systemd? snap? X to Wayland? (I am not expressing an opinion on those topics, merely pointing out that things have changed since then in Ubuntu too.)
- PaulHoule 4y ago
  I think Win 11 itself is just fine but you really have to turn off numerous annoyances. For instance, I uninstalled Teams because i was sick and tired of being harassed to use Teams, then I joined a meeting for the first time with Teams and found the web version was problematic (couldn’t find my microphone, randomly sent sound to my headset or the SPIDF sound bar, showed only the depth channel from my RealSense camera.)
  - flanked-evergl 4y ago
    Maybe it is fine, but is it better? Is it good enough to spend the effort to upgrade to if you did not have to?
Freak_NL 4y ago
Why would that be relevant? People stick with those old Windows versions because of an aversion to Windows 10 and 11, not because they are doing some kind of period re-enactment. A more relevant question would be if modern Linux distros support the hardware of back then (they tend to).
piperswe 4y ago
You can get the same experience of Ubuntu 9.xx on modern Ubuntu, with full support, by just using Ubuntu Mate or installing the `ubuntu-mate-desktop` package. If you want a Windows 7 experience on Windows 11, you have to resort to third party hacky tools that Microsoft absolutely will not support.

I think some people stick with Windows 7 (and Windows 10 also) not because they can't upgrade, but because they prefer not to. On Linux you really have all the same options as you did with Ubuntu 9, you can still get Mate which is basically where Gnome was then, you have a mostly similar userland, the kernel is way better and faster now, what would keep people on Ubuntu 9? On the other hand, Windows seems to get more resource intensive with every release and the UI gets worse, why would anyone want to upgrade other than EOL?

adrianmsmith 4y ago
What about the introduction of systemd? snap? X to Wayland? (I am not expressing an opinion on those topics, merely pointing out that things have changed since then in Ubuntu too.)
PaulHoule 4y ago
I think Win 11 itself is just fine but you really have to turn off numerous annoyances. For instance, I uninstalled Teams because i was sick and tired of being harassed to use Teams, then I joined a meeting for the first time with Teams and found the web version was problematic (couldn’t find my microphone, randomly sent sound to my headset or the SPIDF sound bar, showed only the depth channel from my RealSense camera.)
- flanked-evergl 4y ago
  Maybe it is fine, but is it better? Is it good enough to spend the effort to upgrade to if you did not have to?

Freak_NL 4y ago

Why would that be relevant? People stick with those old Windows versions because of an aversion to Windows 10 and 11, not because they are doing some kind of period re-enactment. A more relevant question would be if modern Linux distros support the hardware of back then (they tend to).

piperswe 4y ago

You can get the same experience of Ubuntu 9.xx on modern Ubuntu, with full support, by just using Ubuntu Mate or installing the `ubuntu-mate-desktop` package. If you want a Windows 7 experience on Windows 11, you have to resort to third party hacky tools that Microsoft absolutely will not support.