awesome, need to remember this once i update to 7
But why? Windows 7 sucked as much as the rest of them.
Better wallpaper available even during windows 7 era on Linux already!
Because kernel 7.0 just released a few days ago so this is technically correct
Yes, but no need to even have to think about the shit os from the past.
But thanks for the clarification. I haven’t seen 7 in any distro I use yet.
I was enjoying never having to think about windows 7 again, and yet here we are.
I don’t need shit in my Linux.
c/mildlyinfuriating
Because of the two 7s, right? I saw the thumbnail and thought it was neat, but then looked closer and think the small 7 should go away.
Hold on, I know how to make it really infuriating!
As a Gen-X, I have embraced 6-7 and use it when I can. I appreciate that every generation has its own meme culture. Funny enough, it pisses off the younger kids when I do it. Mission accomplished.
I took inspiration from this, which I believe is how it was in the Windows 7 promotional media
Oh god, that’s worse.
It is. But at least Win7 wasn’t terrible, and it was just a bad promo.
Microsoft then said, “hold my beer” and went Win8 Metro.
Thanks for the help 🫂
Is there a Linux XP wallpaper?
No, but I did make a “Linux Vista Ultimate” wallpaper a few years ago if your are interested. I just have to find it
Here
Make sure to pair it with a KDE XP theme
And you can also add the Activate Linux watermark with this app
May I suggest xfce-winxp-tc
Not wallpaper, but Chicago95 makes me very happy
If you’re a fan of Windows 7 I can highly recommend aerothemeplasma for the full experience!
I am using it and like it even made my own version of the win 7 wallpaper but if you are using arch some effects for some reason don’t compile when using the aur version but the usual method worked.
Yep, it’s great if you manage to install it correctly
Anyone know if it’s true that with an older laptop it’s better to wait a few months for bugs to be found before upgrading?
No. It’s better to update as soon as possible and find those bugs and report them. With older hardware you increase the chances no one else will have your unique hardware to trigger the bug, so it’s better for you to encounter it sooner when it’s fresher in the dev’s mind for a quicker fix.
It’s a mix, and not necessarily limited to older laptops.
You want to stay up to date with security updates as much as possible. Feature updates are not as important, especially if you want the least bugs.
On windows you can defer security and feature updates separately, I typically set 1 week for security and 1 year for feature updates (Assuming they haven’t changed that option again). That’s been enough for me to dodge the data-deleting updates.
For Linux, I don’t think it’s separated as a quick user option so cleanly. You can install the LTS (Long Term Support) version of your distro. The maintainers of that will do security/bug fixes as needed and slowly push feature updates when they are very well tested.
Still a better release than Linux Vista or Linux 2000 ME
