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		ferrouswheel 72 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft executive closes replies after Windows 1... I would pay good money for win7 resurrection. I'm usually a cross OS/platform guy. Using each for what they are good at. But lately Win11 has just felt like it's not bringing anything to the table except pain. Especially with Steam making linux so attractive for gaming lately.

araes 72 days ago [–]

Win7's still pretty heavily used even today. Still has about 2.5% of all desktop searches from Windows hardware worldwide.

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-version-market-share/windows/d...

zinekeller 71 days ago | [–]

StatCounter's data is known to be contaminated by bots: https://gs.statcounter.com/windows-version-market-share/desk...

araes 70 days ago | | [–]

Fair criticism. Better or alternative known sources for Windows version usage without bot contamination?

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