PSA: Windows 7 is not safe. You're not "cool" for using an unsafe operating system.

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/pcmasterrace

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  • ThisIsWin11

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  • Move to Linux if you hate new Windows so much, install Windows 11 and strip it down, do something. But don't stay on an OS that isn't receiving security updates.

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  • Atlas

    🚀 An open and lightweight modification to Windows, designed to optimize performance, privacy and security.

  • The fact that Atlas forces you to disable basically all security features of Windows to save a few MB of RAM also annoyed me, so I actually asked 3 weeks ago on their Github repo to have an option to keep defender

  • Discord-Screen-Share-Fix-Audio-on-Linux

    Discord Screen Share Fix Audio on Linux

  • Now if your obscure hardware isn't compatible with Linux that's an exception and not a general thing, also some features you mentioned like Netflix 4k isn't a big deal since 720p looks pretty well and loads faster, and that Discord thing can be easily solvable and there is something called webcord, or just simply use the web app. That Discord app is a really bad software it uses an outdated Electron/ Chromium fork (it's a unsafe software, like Win7).

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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