Hackernews posts about Windows 7

Windows 7 is a popular operating system developed by Microsoft that was released in 2009 and known for its user-friendly interface and performance improvements over its predecessors.

1. Windows 7 boots slower if you set a solid background color (support.microsoft.com)
   123 points by ShaneCurran 26 days ago | 117 comments
2. Firefox Extends ESR Support for Windows 7-8.1 and macOS 10.12-10.14 to Sept 2025 (whattrainisitnow.com)
   16 points by tech234a 2 days ago | 1 comments
3. Windows 7: A 2025 perspective (rose-tinted or not) (www.dedoimedo.com)
   5 points by jandeboevrie 12 days ago | 1 comments
4. Fun fact: Windows Vista/7 had THREE separate OpenGL implementations built in (community.khronos.org)
   4 points by cher-nov 14 days ago | 7 comments
5. Over engineered cars are pushing technicians away
   58 points by SQL2219 28 days ago | 57 comments
6. Show HN: I trained a custom LLM to create Apple Shortcuts (www.shortcutbuilder.com)
   5 points by RomanczuG 15 days ago | 2 comments
7. Show HN: Periodic Fire Drills in Windows (github.com)
   1 points by dvkramer 26 days ago | discuss
8. Why Can't Hashes Just Agree on Endianness?
   8 points by DrFrugal 17 days ago | 2 comments
9. Facing problem while botting Arch Linux in my laptop
   3 points by akhileshwar09 5 days ago | 5 comments
10. Ad-hoc multi-server management with pdsh and friends
    2 points by lcall 24 days ago | 2 comments
11. A KDE Plasma theme that aims to replicate the look and feel of Windows 7 (gitgud.io)
    185 points by unleaded about 1 year ago | 78 comments
12. Game Over: Steam won’t Run on Windows 7 and 8 after January 2024 (arstechnica.com)
    83 points by PaulHoule almost 2 years ago | 82 comments
13. Steam drops Windows 7 and 8 support with the latest client (www.tomshardware.com)
    63 points by LorenDB 3 months ago | 94 comments
14. Mozilla ending support for Windows 7 (blog.mozilla.org)
    62 points by rebelwebmaster over 1 year ago | 76 comments
15. Steam will drop support for Windows 7 and Windows 8 on January 1, 2024 (www.engadget.com)
    54 points by JohnTHaller almost 2 years ago | 27 comments
16. Microsoft Says the Days of Free Windows 7 to 10 or 11 Updates Are Over (www.tomshardware.com)
    49 points by thunderbong over 1 year ago | 85 comments
17. R3dfox: A fork of Firefox made specifically for Windows 7 and 8 compatibility (github.com)
    42 points by XzetaU8 10 months ago | 12 comments
18. A CSS framework for recreating Windows 7 UI (khang-nd.github.io)
    39 points by nomdep 10 months ago | 9 comments
19. Goodbye Windows 7 (lilysthings.org)
    28 points by zdw 5 months ago | 23 comments
20. 0patch – Security Patches for Windows 7, 8, 10, Server 2008, Server 2012 (0patch.com)
    27 points by segasaturn 9 months ago | 6 comments
21. Mozilla wants you to like Firefox over Chrome with extended Windows 7/8 support (www.neowin.net)
    24 points by haunter 8 months ago | 4 comments
22. Did You Know: Burger King Had a Windows 7 Whopper with 7 Stacked Beef Patties (news.softpedia.com)
    17 points by austinallegro about 1 year ago | 18 comments
23. Firefox users on Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 moving to Extended Support Release (support.mozilla.org)
    13 points by tech234a over 1 year ago | 2 comments
24. Steam to Stop Supporting Windows 7 and 8 in 2024 (help.steampowered.com)
    12 points by panic almost 2 years ago | discuss
25. Microsoft to Deprecate Legacy DRM for Media Player on Windows 7, 8 (cyberinsider.com)
    10 points by thunderbong 5 months ago | 2 comments
26. "I have ported Windows 7 to the Apple Vision Pro" (twitter.com)
    7 points by LorenDB 7 months ago | 2 comments
27. Microsoft kills legacy DRM support on Windows Media Player, Windows 7/ 8 (www.neowin.net)
    6 points by croes 5 months ago | discuss
28. Why I am using Windows 7 machine as a daily driver in 2024? (trackerninja.codeberg.page)
    5 points by spacedrone808 about 1 year ago | 11 comments
29. Windows Ends Installation Path for Free Windows 7/8 Upgrade (devicepartner.microsoft.com)
    5 points by ChiptuneIsCool over 1 year ago | 3 comments
30. Firefox users on Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 moving to Extended Support Release (support.mozilla.org)
    5 points by vord1080 over 1 year ago | 2 comments
31. Ask HN: What Happened to VxKex, Windows 7 Kernel API Extensions Project?
    4 points by lurtbancaster 7 months ago | 13 comments
32. Windows Vista/7 Product Key Validation Explained (github.com)
    4 points by witherornot over 1 year ago | discuss
33. AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D: Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 23.04 Linux Performance (www.phoronix.com)
    4 points by isaacfrond almost 2 years ago | discuss
34. Create and manage RemoteApps hosted on Windows 7, 8, 10, 11, XP and Server (github.com)
    3 points by oliverulerich 3 months ago | 1 comments
35. Windows 7 and Windows 8 Support (help.steampowered.com)
    3 points by doener about 1 year ago | 1 comments
36. Opinion: It is unfortunate that msys2 is ending support for Windows 7
    3 points by mouse_ about 1 year ago | 1 comments
37. Trackerninja's Windows 7 FAQ (2024) (trackerninja.codeberg.page)
    3 points by cookiengineer 10 months ago | discuss
38. AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D: Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 23.04 Linux Performance (www.phoronix.com)
    3 points by mfiguiere almost 2 years ago | discuss
39. Microsoft UX guidelines (Windows 7-era) (learn.microsoft.com)
    2 points by grishka almost 2 years ago | 2 comments
40. Windows 7 Icons Design Guideline (learn.microsoft.com)
    2 points by xeonmc 6 months ago | discuss