this post was submitted on 28 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (7 children)

11? Fuck that, I'm not sidegrading to 8.

I ain't even joking. My media PC is still on 7, everything else is on Linux now.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Isn't it insecure to run such an old version tho? (Since it stopped recieving updates years ago)

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago

Stockholm syndrome windows users trying to justify their toxic relationship to microsoft (colorized circa 2020).

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

It's insecure (in more ways than one) to be running Windows in general. If you value security to a high degree you probably shouldn't be using Windows.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

embedded editions can get you extended time on older windows versions

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well, security doesn't matter for a media device like that. The exposure is so minimal that it might as well not exist.

Hell, considering I really only use it to pirate shit maybe once a month nowadays, my main desktop PC isn't even on enough to matter; I could keep any old OS on it.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If it is connected to your router it’s a point of ingress.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The risk of getting a attack via the router is very low these days

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Lol! You're an idiot

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Why not run a minimal distribution like Alpine if you're just torrenting?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

windows 8 made me switch to linux

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I recently upgraded windows 7 to mint

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