you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I took the opportunity to "downgrade" to Windows 7. My old HP laptop (which is specifically for a few specialty Windows-only apps) feels double as fast now compared to Windows 10 before. And with the help of LegacyUpdates.net and VxKex-NEXT (provides the very few Windows 10 API calls so you can even run most Win10-only apps on Win7) you get a pretty nice and lean system.

  • source
  • hideshow 6 child comments
  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (2 children)

    You may create a bootable/live USB with Mint [1] installed on it, and try it out to see if its works perfectly for you - from functional and performance POV.

    With Linux, at least you will continue to get security patches. For Win 7 and 10 are out of support now.

    [1]https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/burn.html

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    I have to have Windows for my university's test-taking spyware, so I just have a barebones 11 LTSC installed on a secondary drive.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments