Where will you go when Windows 7 support ends?
>>51871017
I'll be using GNU/Linux full time hopefully sometime in 2016.
Honestly, Arch Linux
By the time windows 7 support drops I won't need photoshop anymore
>>51871017
SteamOS for muh gaymez. Continue using OSX as my main OS (as I am now) for everything else
>>51871017
Windows 7. Just because M$ drops it doesn't mean devs automatically will.
>>51871017
Stay where I am.
The place where I come from it is considered perfectly okay to run an "outdated" OS as long as you have an antivirus and a firewall (mainly because everyone is using pirated Windows lulz).
>>51871033
Maybe 2016 is the year of the linux desktop
MAYBE. 2015 FAILED WE CAN TRY AGAIN
>>51871017
stupid frogposter
>>51871093
Stuff like KDE Plasma/elementary OS could conceivably appeal to normies, but they're still fairly buggy with those silly little errors that need to be ironed out
>>51871017
I'll use Win7 for as long as I need it.
Right now I only use it for Forticlient/Remote Desktop for my job. I play muh games on my Win10 Desktop, and I do everything else on my Debian install.
>>51871139
Linux Mint (cinnamon) is the best for normies imo, I never liked the menu and bloat of KDE. Not sure about Elementary OS
>>51871108
Go weeb somewhere else
>>51871139
literally the same speach I've been hearing since 2006.
Face it anon, GNULinux will never be normie-proof.
>>51871017
Install win 10
Disable botnet
Profit
>>51871281
>he actually thinks turning off a few options actually disables the botnet
how adorably naive of you anon.
>>51871281
>disable botnet
>>51871281
>botnet reenables in update
You just can't win.
>>51871221
fuck you, frogposter sympathizer
>>51871017
I've dual-booted many years now, only recently I got tired of constant ads on my desktop asking me to "upgrade". WTF? I was forced to pay for this license so I'm entitled to an ad free product.
When I left my PC turned on I heard the HDD reading/writing at night, probably uploading all my files to the NSA, I mean "looking for upgrades and security patches". This doesn't happen with GNU
I rarely use MS now, not even for gaymen because I hate FPS. I've pretty much moved entirely to debian now. I've installed PS and indesign CS 3 so there's really nothing I need from microshit anymore.
Where will I go? I've already left.
>>51871439
At least the advertising ends in June/July when the one year free upgrade chance ends.
>>51871017
I'm slowly moving to Linux. By then there will be perfect passthroughs so I'm not worried at all. I'll just run Windows with qemu.
>>51871017
Android x86.
>>51871227
Why the fuck would I care what OS normies use?
>>51871017
dumb frogposter
>>51871017
You git gud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37D2bRsthfI
>>51871227
why use linux for anything other than FTP, apache,or servers...?
>>51871474
So that you actually get drivers too.
>>51871667
It's not about "Using Linux", it's about "Not" Using Windows/MacOS. It's staying away from evil.
>>51871017
2015 was the year of the Linux desktop. I don't give a fuck.
>>51871017
go down to the shop for a coffee as usual. i abandoned wangblows almost 3 years ago now.
>>51871017
I'll sandbox Windows 7.
>>51871017
Linux. Already made the switch when it became clear that M$ didn't remove the spy features in the retail version.
>>51871017
I already dual boot Mint and Win 7. I only use 7 for gaymen so I just installed 7sp1 and turned off updates right from the start. Literally nothing will change for my day-to-day activities when M$ stops supporting it. If I eventually need dx12 then I guess I install 10 but until then there's no reason to worry about it.
>>51871017
Well, I am already using superior windows 10.
>>51871017
Gentoo where i've always been ^-^
>implying Arch/SteamOS dual boot won't be the superior gaming PC by 2022.
Windows is finished
>>51871033
Where will you go when it officially becomes GNU/systemd?
>>51871453
It won't ends. It never ends
>>51871017
I'll stay on Windows 8.1 when Windows 7 support ends. Why would I move away from 8.1 just because 7 isn't supported anymore ?
>>51871017
To Linux probably, I've been playing around with Debian for a few months and man let me tell you that windows is a fucking mess. If it weren't for video games i wouldn't use it anymore probably.
>>51871227
It will be when people finally start developing good gaymes (like based Gabe is doing) and easy-to-use software for it.
Give it another few years; fucking nobody likes wangblows anymore.
>>51871474
Because if normies are on linux then people will develop good shit for linux.
That would involve convincing normies to use free software, though.
>>51871017
Windows 8?
Instead of running linux in a vm in windows 7 vm I guess I'd run windows 7 in a vm in linux
I've had enough experience with win8 onwards to give it a not even once/10, and for some reason that totally isn't jealousy, linux has good vm software
>>51874685
>Give it another few years
...until it becomes >>51874369?
>>51874805
Is it actually going to become GNU/Systemd?
Can someone explain the Systemd a shit meme to me?
Anyway, eventually linux will have to become shit to appeal to normies. I think we should launch a distribution specifically engineered to appeal to them to avoid the entire thing getting destroyed.
>>51873957
>Arch/SteamOS dual boot
If the games will be available on SteamOS, can't I just install them on Arch?
>>51871050
Steam os is shit for games. It's supported by like 10 games
>>51871017
I will probably dualboot Linux and W10.
> Keep using linux
> Use WINE to install Steam, install games from there
> Pretty much every game on steam works with WINE.
That's how I roll. Make sure you get a bunch of performance-enhancing mods for those games.
>>51871093
We might as well make an os like redstar thats locked down as fuck with no sudo, and make you get everything from the normie app store! Mwahahahaha
what about windows 8.1 pro anons?
>only use w7 for EVE and itunes(iphone)
>neither are possible to use in linux
Go down with the ship.
>>51871017
>nearly 2016
>still using outdated software
I'm trying to use Linux for the first time, I installed Debian.
This shit is hard but at least I'm learning something and I'm not being spied on.
>>51871453
Adverts with paid upgrade are in development,full screen
Linux. Might use a win7 vm for some shit
>>51872851
I want to do this but all the kewl /g/entalmen tell me Mint is for fags and to just use Ubuntu.
>>51871017
No im fine,I also and disabled updates 8 months ago once the whole spying thing started.
linux host and windows with vfio-passtrhough for gaems and shitty software, works well
>>51875621
the difference is marginal. Just start with any easy one (mint or ubuntu). If for whatever reason that won't satisfy you, only then start to look for others.
>>51874914
of course you can anon
there is literary no point in having Arch and playing games on a Debian OS
I hope that until then all software that I need on Windows has been ported or forked for Linux. And maybe Gnome or Mate gets some thumbnails in the file picker.
>Irfanview
>WinSCP
>Foobar2000
All rather... simple programs. If I could program I would start with a Irfanview clone. I just need the basic tweaks like resize, color adjustments, saving in different formats. Gimp takes too long to start for quick meme edits
by the time windows 12 comes out, linux should be ready for video games, so i'll just switch. until then i'm staying on 8.0
>>51871309
>soul purpose
>soul
#triggered
>>51871017
Ubuntu / Debian. I've been running Ubuntu on my laptop for 2 years so far and its great for development.
Desktop is the only thing thats running windows atm (7) so when 7 goes it'll be one of two things: Windows 10 or Ubuntu / Debian. This will mostly depend on whether or not game developers start working on more linux ports.
>>51874369
Not every distro will go systemd and thank god for that. I'm glad gentoo will never be systemd by default.
>>51871209
found the anti-semite
>>51871093
? what are thinkpads
I'll keep on using win 7. Hell, I stopped updating it anyway.
I just use it for gayming now anyway. All my personal stuff is done on linux machines.
>>51871439
its fucked up isn't it; that upgrade bullshit is actually an illegal ad on all point of legality
>>51876212
wait what the fuck text/notepad software does linux user generally use?
>>51876049
There won't be another Windows.
>>51876139
One of the strongest things Linux Mint has going for it is anti-Semitism.
>>51876247
vim/gedit
>>51871017
Stay on win7.
Who cares support ends. Hell I'm still using Windows Live Messenger with some friends even though microshit wanted everyone to migrate to that Skype abomination.
>>51874856
>Distro designed for normies
What is ubuntu
>>51871042
>arch
timesink meme os
>>51871209
I've been around /g/ little and mint sounds the best basic/slim linux distro (I know very little about linus). How would you say it is to use compared to ubuntu?
>>51871209
Mint is Linux's best chance at actually seeing mainstream adoption. It has a simple, easily pronounced name, it's one of the most "just werks" distros out there, and it looks and operates nearly identically to Windows on the surface. For most normies who just use their computer as a web browser, you could probably swap Windows for Mint and they wouldn't even notice the difference.
>>51876492
>I want to build something
>I want to be someone
>>51876134
soon
>>51876831
>I complicate basic tasks in order to have a sense of importance
what better for games onlinux? wine, vbox+win or vmware+win?
>>51876922
wine is least overhead, after that vbox+win for games that you cant manage to make run in wine
>>51875328
>Debian
>hard
wat
>>51877002
newfag, at least anon is on the superior OS now
I will go offline and use W7 forever until I die
>>51876247
leafpad
>>51871017
I dont even install updates so windows 7
I'm hoping another company with a fresh outlook will develop a new OS by then that combines the versatility of windows with the polish of OSX and the non botnetness of Linux.
Windows 11
>>51871308
>>51871309
>>51871377
>they think they have privacy on w7
lol?
Already switching to Linux.
Will use Windows 10 on a second install for games and such, but nothing else.
>>51877708
>I dont even install updates
Enjoy your actual botnet.
>>51871227
>GNULinux will never be normie-proof.
I already is.
Several people I know use Linux Mint and think it's new windows.
They only use the web browser anyway so why should I install windows on their shitty laptops when they ask me and worry about viruses later?
Fully migrate to Linux (I using both on 2 different PCs)
>>51874955
chek'd senpai
>>51871227
>Face it anon, GNULinux will never be normie-proof.
Are you implying that Windows is Normie-proof? Apple's probably the only major OS that is anything close. The fact that Windows users run around with Administrative access to everything is literally no worse than giving a retard root permissions.
I think the best argument against widespread adoption of Linux for desktop use is that it's not Windows and many windows application don't run in Linux.
>>51875807
>If for whatever reason that won't satisfy you, only then start to look for others.
This. I only moved to Arch becaue my hardware is embarassingly out of date for gaymen and Mint was super bloated. I run Cinnamon on Arch because I'm still something of a normalfag and want dat Windows experiencce, but it runs far better. I can only conclude it's Mint being itself.
>>51876022
Foobar2000 works perfectly on linux through wine, I use it all the time.
>>51871017
To the pub
>>51871017
I'll go FULL Stallman
>>51871050
>Using Linux for gaming
Have fun playing your 2 games
>2015
>using windows
Just gas yourself right now please.
>>51876092
>Bait within a bait.
>>51871017
In held onto windows 7/Firefox for the longest time. Last time I needed a refresh I decided to stop being a baby duck and give 8.1 and chrome a run, telling myself to stick it for at least one full week. Worked out well for me, currently running win10, fuck the police.
>>51871017
I will lend out my linux installation discs to the former winfags
Probably over to crunchbang or some minimal distro with an openbox setup that is similar.
I dabbled with it for a few months and I didn't have any complaints about it. I barely even PC gaming anymore so I the only thing really holding me back at this point is laziness
>>51874369
what is wrong with SystemD?
>>51877959thanks friend
>>51878281
>linux has no games
Stale and outdated meme
>>51871017
End of extended support is 2020 for Win7, which is also the end for mainsteam Win10 support which means there should be a new Windows out by then.
>>51878364
I just game on a separate system, do windows 10 can do all the spying it wants, all you'll get is dank noscopes and gookclick.
>>51871017
I'll support myself
>>51876223
Is that why supermodels are always so thin?
>>51876212
Where did ya find Windows 1C?
>>51878616
>muh linux tux racing
pls.
![OfficialPoster_090[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/84Zp6HU.jpg "OfficialPoster_090[1].jpg")
>>51879957
>muh sexism
>>51871017
I'm already on Windows 10, I don't have to worry about that anon.
>>51871017
linux unless theres some kind of "offline" windows by then, whether official or not.
>>51880702
What do you mean?
>>51871017
Windows XP, of course. :p
>>51876492
I don't get it
I have none of these problems
I could fabricate this same stuff about Ubuntu and it wouldn't fly
Why is it acceptable to shit on a great distro like Arch
>>51871017
I'm already set. I have an ubuntu system ready to go.
Comfy on my Win10 install or whatever is hip in 2020.
>>51876492
...wow, that image was made by someone who is severely butthurt.
I know an old greybeard type who is both extremely productive and an arch user. It is possible to use Arch and not be a loser
>>51871017
>Where will you go when Windows 7 support ends?
Nowhere. I will always stay with her no matter what. <3
>>51878265
Oh boy, the 'linux has no games' meme.
>>51884678
I'm by no means a UNIX beardmaster and I use Arch as my main OS every day.
I don't care what distro anyone uses, but people who spew that meme obviously tried but couldn't follow a simple guide.
>>51878588
Dubs again senpaii
>>51885196
Yeah you don't have to be a beardmaster. All these distro wars are bullshit battles between nerds who have nothing better to do
>>51882681
It's fun. It's like the fact most users are idiots no matter what they use.
>>51871633
So you get a pc powerful enough to run a full featured windows system inside of and just keep it secure using the surrounding operating system as a shield?
>>51885196
I just used architect.
can you even get copies of 7 anymore?
>>51871017
http://vocaroo.com/i/s17sYKdfT5j5
>>51886925
oh my god you are literally cancer
Seriously, Windows 10 is pushing me towards Linux. I'd already be on Linux if Intel didn't fuck me with the i5 4670k (no hardware pass through because fuck me). I got cucked twice, not buying Intel again (please Zen be decent) and switching to Linux ASAP.
>>51886925
So this is what a fat basement dweller sounds like when it's autism level reaches 100%
>>51871093
will not
Mint
I'd been meaning to start using linux for years but never got around to it until the wiNSA bullshit.
Do all my browsing with mint now. Pretty painless transition.
I do miss paint.net though.
>>51876715
My wife even likes mint better than a clean XP install. She can't even a flash drive, but she's familiar with VLC, so can listen to her mp3's without having to have learned anything. Hell even setting it up for her was easier. Install mint, Install ABP + NoScript, copy music and make a shortcut to it. About an hour.
>>51871017
the grave
who the hell uses the support center for win 7?
>>51885671thanks again desu
I'll probably switch tot linux in the future, can't decide on mint, fedora or Arch. I want go start learning Android development anyway.
>>51871139
but KDE is garbage
>>51888120
Mint is a good Babby's first linux.
Fedora is a pretty good, solid distro, pretty bleeding-edge though.
Arch is for people who've gotten the hang of Linux and are ready to really get into it.
Personally, I'd go Fedora. I was using that shit when I was 8, still use it today.
