crytt
Contributor
I used XP for the longest time, but eventually had to move to 7 and then 10.
Even though I preferred XP or 7 back then, 10 was still a pretty good OS... until they started forcing updates. I didn't have a broadband or WiFi connection back then and windows would end up eating all my limited monthly data downloading updates when all I wanted to do was check emails and browse the internet.
Eventually I had enough and just took the plunge to start using Debian Linux, which I still use to this day. The first few months were rough but it doesn't feel too different from early XP days where you had to look up and perform troubleshooting yourself.
And ever since Steam started work on Proton, Wine now runs almost everything that is windows-only. I don't see myself changing OS back and if not for work I would never have used Windows 11.
Even though I preferred XP or 7 back then, 10 was still a pretty good OS... until they started forcing updates. I didn't have a broadband or WiFi connection back then and windows would end up eating all my limited monthly data downloading updates when all I wanted to do was check emails and browse the internet.
Eventually I had enough and just took the plunge to start using Debian Linux, which I still use to this day. The first few months were rough but it doesn't feel too different from early XP days where you had to look up and perform troubleshooting yourself.
And ever since Steam started work on Proton, Wine now runs almost everything that is windows-only. I don't see myself changing OS back and if not for work I would never have used Windows 11.