2014
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I’m using it right now. I used it to download the EndeavourOS iso. But I also use it for CMYK editing (in the Affinity suite) and for writing C++ in Visual Studio. I’m always impressed at how slow and loud Windows makes everything.
Lately I called Intel to replace a processor.
What do you say about Windows ?
I responded: Only Windows does exist.
I must say: I use Windows some minutes each day.
I used windows last year September at home. But still using it at work because i work for a big corporation that loves windows. It has windows 11 and i don’t like it at all.
Since 2021 my home computers went over to Linux, bought a msi notebook in 2023 and the support was not yet there. 1 year later i read that msi firmware got added in the 6.xx kernel. I instantly made the switch which i still do NOT regret.
I use it mainly for internet and single player games so i really cannot complain at all. All my games are working beautifully.
I tried Windows To Go last night for the first time. I put it on an nvme SSD drive mounted in a USB 3.0 adapter. It boots up very slowly. I used the Windows 11 24H2 image and installed it on the portable drive using Rufus. The only reason I maintain a Windows partition anymore is in case I need to create bootable Windows media. Does anyone know how to create bootable Windows media on Linux?
Popsicle
Other than work computers, I haven’t used Windows in over 15 years. Switched to Mac for home use a long while ago, then finally Linux. Haven’t looked back.
[Sorry @MichelN - didn’t mean to aim this reply at you personally!]
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IIRC, my last Windows in private life was Windows NT in 1998.
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No worries 
The only time I use windows these days is if I’m forced (work, bios update, or because I have to to support family still on it). The last version I used with any regularity was 98, but sadly my laptop still dual boots win11 (bios update) and I still have win11 in a vm for odd time that I need it. to help family, otherwise I’ve been using Linux as my daily driver since warty warthog
I tried Windows 11 for a few minutes before I shredded the hard drive and installed Linux when I bought my last laptop. Probably about a year and a half ago if I remember correctly. Before that it had been several years
Work just give me the option windows (Dell) or Mac. Went with the Mac, If I can’t use KDE then I’d rather use OSX than Win11.
Last week, my neighbor’s kid brought me his new laptop. He said no sound was coming from the speakers. There was windows 10 on it. The last windows i used was windows 7 and i hated even that. XP was the best. Anyway, i told him it is probably a driver issue, and there should be a usb stick or some type of medium that contains such drivers (it was a new laptop). He first said nothing else was in the box but later on found the usb stick and brought the laptop again. Anyway i installed the drivers and issue was solved but the thing is, i wanted to go and see the “device manger” to figure out what wasn’t recognised.
In my older experience with windows, it was very easy to go to device manager. It was inside the control panel. Two clicks away. In windows 10, they have hidden it to such an awkward place, you need to search for it to find it. Why would you put such a useful app into such a hard to find place? Who even made these design choices? The “start menu” was the best thing in windows and they managed to break even that. Now it is a total mess, i wouldn’t even call it a start menu.
Windows XP was peak windows. It was a beautiful and fast operating system that did not get in the way between you and your computer. 95 was also great in its own way. This is why i love KDE Plasma. Because it reminds me of the windows from that era.
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About 15 years ago.
Every workday and I hate it 
. But I don’t have any influence on that.
In private sector I deleted my dualboot setup with the end of support of Windows 7. At this time I was using it only for special tasks, while utilizing Linux as my daily driver since about 2003.
I’m just here to say that you missed a couple of windows versions 
and yesterday, i like playing Battlefield.
In Win10, right-click on the start button, there’s a Device Manager entry there (amongst other shortcuts)
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