Igrecman
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Then it's not impossible you may have a problem with your hardware. Perhaps the graphic card.
Many businesses are taking too long to migrate from Windows 7
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Evernessince
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Nope, not at all. This card was stress tested for 8 hours the day I got it and it has zero problem in any game. Never overclocked completely stock. It is strictly a windows issue.
Mind you, this issue only popped up after I updated to 1903. I noticed it near immediately after the PC restarted from the update.
Igrecman
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Have you checked if lots of people have a similar problem? I don't have that with 1903 and with a GTX750ti with latest drivers
Igrecman
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I doubt it can become an open source project because M$ will never publish the source code.
Mugsy
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Windows 7 was a great OS, but Linux is no replacement even for Windows XP, let alone Windows 10. Unless you're a Linux system admin. Or a programmer for web apps. OTOH, if you're a power user who needs productivity tools - forget Linux.
I'm not a hater, I actually liked Linux when I was just playing with it. But once I started using it regularly - it's no match for Windows. As ridiculous as it sounds, it's easier to find quality FREE apps for Windows than for Linux. And Linux should be the kingdom of good free apps. But it's not. Even if you pay, you probably won't find a good app on Linux. There are exceptions, but odds are against Linux.
Regarding "spyware"... well, are you using an iPhone or Android phone? Then you have a much bigger problem with spyware. If you think Linux is safe, it's not. It used to be, but nowadays it's no better than Windows.
Well the thing with Linux is that it's open source and you have access to everything it's doing and can change anything if you don't like it. As far as office apps, Photoshop and video editing apps, I have never found Linux lacking. It isn't hard to get any windows app running in Linux if you know what you're doing. There was an adjustment period where I was still using CS3 on Linux as I learned GIMP, but it only took me about a month to learn to use it as well. There was also a big incentive for me to learn GIMP as it ran far better on Linux than CS3.
Libre/open office was very easy to learn.
Look, I can understand why people don't want to switch and I won't tell someone to switch if they really want to. I'm a bit different than the average IT user. Technology is a hobby for me and I actually think playing with the command line and modifying the OS is fun.
I've found that Linux mint is the most complete windows replacement. It comes loaded with nearly any windows program replacement you could need. It's also more stable than other gaming OS's like PopOS.
The Linux world is changing more rapidly than ever and maybe you should give it a second look. I doubt you'll switch from windows but you might find it fun to fool around with for a few days. It was the fun I had fooling around with for a few days that convinced me to make the switch. I had fun playing with it for a about a week, got good with it and just never needed to go back. I haven't had a windows PC in my house for about 2 years now
lazer
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I like win7 and never update it; runs good and all of my purchased programs work just great.
Bought a computer with win8 on it and it would not run my purchased programs plus it was a real muck of a mess. So I had win7 installed and win8 removed.
I wont touch win10 because I have some great old purchased programs.
I will NEVER update win7; I have antivirus as a protection. Win7 works fine.
Micro$lop just wants my money; but I also need it too. I will use win7 and probably use Linux on my next computer.
Bought a computer with win8 on it and it would not run my purchased programs plus it was a real muck of a mess. So I had win7 installed and win8 removed.
I wont touch win10 because I have some great old purchased programs.
I will NEVER update win7; I have antivirus as a protection. Win7 works fine.
Micro$lop just wants my money; but I also need it too. I will use win7 and probably use Linux on my next computer.
Igrecman
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IMHO roughly 75% of computer users just do the most basic things. They don't need a gigantic OS like Windows 10. It's another story if you do some very advanced stuff requiring costly software for the Pros and if you're a gamer.
I personally have installed MX Linux on my brother's old computer and he's amazed how nice it is to use and how much faster it is compared to how it was with W10. He completely stopped downloading illegal programs because all he needs is just a few click away to install and use for free.
I think everybody should have a multi-boot system with Windows on the first partition and a Linux on the second. I personally have a 4 drives computer with Windows 10 and 11 different Linux distros with MacOS High Sierra as Hackintosh on the last drive. It's great to have more options than just Windows, and it's good to get to know many OS and their apps.
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DelJo63
HMM; the original topic was BUSINESS migration to Win/10
ROFL re the suggestion of Linux for business ... lol lol lol
ROFL re the suggestion of Linux for business ... lol lol lol
I like Windows 7, too, and see no reason to endure another learning curve. I have Office 2003-2007, but I preferred Office 2000 on Windows XP ... why MSFT changes the interface is beyond me other than it provides a slew of self-proclaimed experts to make money off software that most likely MSFT never asked users if they liked the changes. (My rant, sorry).
I bought a notepad with Windows 10 pre-installed. I hated it from the get-go. The local comp store said I could not put Windows 7 on it ... something about a hardware configuration that MSFT used (I mean programmed not to accept Windows 7).
Do you think somewhere, somehow someone will make Windows 7 open source? MSFT wouldn't like that but ....
Can I really use all my Windows 7 s/w on a Linux box? What about running FCP (an Apple product) on Linux?
Sorry for what may seem to you to be dumb questions, but ....
Evernessince
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I like Windows 7, too, and see no reason to endure another learning curve. I have Office 2003-2007, but I preferred Office 2000 on Windows XP ... why MSFT changes the interface is beyond me other than it provides a slew of self-proclaimed experts to make money off software that most likely MSFT never asked users if they liked the changes. (My rant, sorry).
I bought a notepad with Windows 10 pre-installed. I hated it from the get-go. The local comp store said I could not put Windows 7 on it ... something about a hardware configuration that MSFT used (I mean programmed not to accept Windows 7).
Do you think somewhere, somehow someone will make Windows 7 open source? MSFT wouldn't like that but ....
Can I really use all my Windows 7 s/w on a Linux box? What about running FCP (an Apple product) on Linux?
Sorry for what may seem to you to be dumb questions, but ....
If you are interested in an open source version of windows you may want to donate to ReactOS. It's an open source operating system designed to look like windows that runs windows programs. They've come a long way since the project was first introduced.
lazer
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I tried using my purchased window based programs on Linux via a program called WINE but that was last year and it did not do a good job on most of them. Might have gotten better over the past year, don't know but it is free to use and keep.I like Windows 7, too, and see no reason to endure another learning curve. I have Office 2003-2007, but I preferred Office 2000 on Windows XP ... why MSFT changes the interface is beyond me other than it provides a slew of self-proclaimed experts to make money off software that most likely MSFT never asked users if they liked the changes. (My rant, sorry).
I bought a notepad with Windows 10 pre-installed. I hated it from the get-go. The local comp store said I could not put Windows 7 on it ... something about a hardware configuration that MSFT used (I mean programmed not to accept Windows 7).
Do you think somewhere, somehow someone will make Windows 7 open source? MSFT wouldn't like that but ....
Can I really use all my Windows 7 s/w on a Linux box? What about running FCP (an Apple product) on Linux?
Sorry for what may seem to you to be dumb questions, but ....
Re: Apple, don't know.
Good luck.
Mugsy
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When I referred to "Open Source" support for Win7, I didn't mean to imply Windows7 itself might become Open Source but that the Community would start to support it with OSrc software (and maybe even patches.)
As for running Windows software under Linux, there are a few ways. The best is (as noted) "WINE" (which is more of a "translator" than an emulator.) WINE translates Windows apps on the fly to do the same thing in Linux, so you are still using the Linux GUI. "Game" support will always be handicapped, but a new "utility" called DxVk ("DirectX to Vulkan") allows DirectX 11 games to work under Wine by doing for DX commands what Wine does for Windows commands (translates them.) Wine & DxVk have come a long way to allowing making the transition to Linux less painful.
Then there are actual "emulators" like VMWare's "Player" and Oracle's "Virtual Box" (both free) which allow you to install just about any OS and run it, gui & all, allowing you to run Windows software natively. But don't expect it to run complex games.
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