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An image of Linux's mascot, Tux the penguin.
These custom Linux lock screens styled after Minecraft, NieR Automata, and Genshin Impact are single-handedly eroding my loyalty to Windows

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Have it your way.

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Cape Town, South Africa - June 27, 2011: Stickers on a new laptop computer brag about its equipment: the Windows 7 operating system and the Intel Core i3 processor chip. Part of the keyboard can be seen, out of focus, in the background.
Lone developer shrinks Windows 7 down to 69 MB, claims 'virtually nothing can run' but that it does actually boot

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News Honey, I shrank the OS.

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A screencap of Hollow Knight: Silksong's opening cutscene. A close-up shot of protagonist Hornet moments before she breaks out of a metal cage. Her curved white mask and red cloak are lit up as a glowing strand of silk surrounds her.
Heroic tinkerer revives Windows 7 and gets Steam and Silksong running on it, so take that Microsoft and your constant nagging to upgrade to Win11

By Joshua Wolens Published

News If anyone needs me I'll be installing XP.

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Vista desktop
Microsoft has fixed the only Windows bug I've ever liked: the Vista startup sound 'unexpectedly' playing on Win 11 machines

By James Bentley Published

Instead of nostalgia, I get sadness.

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Apple Liquid Glass messaging window
Apple's new UI for Macs and iPhones 'combines the optical qualities of glass with a fluidity only Apple can achieve,' but it sure looks like an awful lot like Windows Vista circa 2007

By Wes Fenlon Published

News Frosted glass? On the computer? Where have I seen that before.

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Cape Town, South Africa - June 27, 2011: Stickers on a new laptop computer brag about its equipment: the Windows 7 operating system and the Intel Core i3 processor chip. Part of the keyboard can be seen, out of focus, in the background.
Turns out that the earliest versions of Windows 7 took longer to load depending on your choice of desktop wallpaper

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News It wasn't just you left staring at the Welcome screen for 30 seconds.

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Janet Jackson looks directly into the camera in the 1989 Rhythm Nation music video.
Turns out Janet Jackson's laptop-crashing cursed bassline was the scourge of notebook makers for at least half a decade

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News No struggle, no progress.

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Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 2 key art
Fortnite drops Windows 7 and 8 support

By Andy Chalk Published

news Epic warned last year that support for older versions of Windows would be cut with the release of Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 2, and today's the day.

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Windows 7
As of today Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 are officially toast

By Jeremy Laird Published

news RIP: Support from Microsoft ends today, January 10, 2023.

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Windows 8.1
Windows 8.1 has begun warning users of its imminent demise

By Alan Dexter Published

News Not long to go now before it follows Windows 7 into the long dark night.

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