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. Kumander Linux – A Linux Distro with a Windows 7 Desktop (www.kumander.org)
   75 points by linuxkernal 22 days ago | 51 comments
2. Microsoft Confirms October 7 Windows and Surface Event Featuring RTX Spark (www.gadgetreview.com)
   1 points by peter_d_sherman 1 day ago | discuss
3. The rest of the 7.3 merge window (lwn.net)
   3 points by cjd8 20 days ago | discuss
4. RyTuneX 1.7.1: open-source Windows 10/11 optimizer adds per-item rollback (github.com)
   3 points by wangxin199 10 days ago | discuss
5. Show HN: WinZST > 7-Zip fork with first-class compressed tar support on Windows (github.com)
   4 points by firebadnofire 15 days ago | 2 comments
6. HashCortX – AI workspace app, Now works on pre-2013 CPU windows devices (github.com)
   2 points by SeifHashish 19 days ago | discuss
7. Show HN: Cutaway 1.5.7 – An handy, open-source, basic image editor
   1 points by J_cst 20 days ago | discuss
8. Show HN: Cactus Needle 3: 8-29MB automation models can match DeepSeek V4 Flash (cactuscompute.com)
   226 points by HenryNdubuaku 2 days ago | 91 comments
9. Show HN: Attar – Compile React apps to native machine code (attar.dev)
   6 points by ifdotpy 2 days ago | discuss
10. Show HN: Benzi – Code Intelligence Infrastructure for Frontier AI Models (github.com)
    3 points by tweedler290 13 days ago | discuss
11. Show HN: Train 300M/32-Layer Model in 1.5GB RAM on Base M1 Mac
    3 points by vlad_kalinkin 21 days ago | discuss
12. Show HN: Trace – Offline Mac meeting transcription, overhauled from HN feedback (traceapp.info)
    3 points by AG342 26 days ago | discuss
13. Show HN: I was tired to check my mums WhatsApp last online, to see if she is ok (github.com)
    2 points by janrakete 12 days ago | discuss
14. Show HN: Neither HTML nor Markdown is enough: a way out of the AI doc dilemma
    1 points by xiongjy2104 26 days ago | 2 comments
15. Hi HN
    1 points by DEVGUSTAVOSIS 1 day ago | 1 comments
16. Show HN: Replay – Audit silent prompt cache misses in AI agent transcripts (replay.doctor)
    1 points by danielsaito 6 days ago | discuss
17. RetroPad is a full-feature-parity version of Notepad from XP in just 2749 bytes (www.tomshardware.com)
    2 points by Bluestein 26 days ago | 1 comments
18. Why did Windows 7 log on slower for months if you had a solid color background? (devblogs.microsoft.com)
    507 points by zdw over 1 year ago | 296 comments
19. Unofficial Windows 7 Service Pack 2 (github.com)
    260 points by XzetaU8 over 1 year ago | 136 comments
20. I have released a 69.0MB version of Windows 7 x86 (twitter.com)
    190 points by rvnx 11 months ago | 90 comments
21. Show HN: Windows 7 GUI for the web (khang-nd.github.io)
    174 points by khangnd about 1 year ago | 63 comments
22. Classic 7 is a Windows 10 LTSC mod to look 1:1 to Windows 7 (classic7.lol)
    158 points by jandeboevrie 4 months ago | 168 comments
23. Windows 7 marketshare jumps to nearly 10% as Windows 10 support is about to end (www.neowin.net)
    124 points by sznio 12 months ago | 214 comments
24. Windows 7 boots slower if you set a solid background color (support.microsoft.com)
    123 points by ShaneCurran over 1 year ago | 117 comments
25. In wake of Windows 10 retirement, over 780K Windows users skip Win 11 for Linux (www.tomshardware.com)
    105 points by rbanffy 10 months ago | 29 comments
26. Windows 7 x64 Extended Support Page (trackerninja.codeberg.page)
    101 points by spacedrone808 about 1 year ago | 72 comments
27. You can now download Windows 7 and Vista ISO images with all the updates (www.neowin.net)
    76 points by XzetaU8 8 months ago | 68 comments
28. Steam drops Windows 7 and 8 support with the latest client (www.tomshardware.com)
    63 points by LorenDB almost 2 years ago | 94 comments
29. How to run latest Vegas Pro 22 in Windows 7 x64 (trackerninja.codeberg.page)
    53 points by spacedrone808 about 1 year ago | 33 comments
30. 3D printing a building with 756 windows (jero.zone)
    39 points by jer0me about 1 year ago | 8 comments
31. OpenRCT2 v0.5.1 "Swamp Castle" released Last version to support Windows 7 (openrct2.io)
    33 points by jandeboevrie 4 months ago | 30 comments
32. Goodbye Windows 7 (lilysthings.org)
    28 points by zdw almost 2 years ago | 23 comments
33. Firefox Extends ESR Support for Windows 7-8.1 and macOS 10.12-10.14 to Sept 2025 (whattrainisitnow.com)
    17 points by tech234a over 1 year ago | 1 comments
34. Windows 7 usage seemingly skyrockets in wake of Windows 10 end of support (www.windowscentral.com)
    14 points by healsdata 12 months ago | 3 comments
35. Firefox removes the support for Windows 7 users (support.mozilla.org)
    8 points by eimrine 7 months ago | 2 comments
36. Windows 7: A 2025 perspective (rose-tinted or not) (www.dedoimedo.com)
    6 points by doener over 1 year ago | discuss
37. Windows 7 lives How to keep your favorite fossil running (www.theregister.com)
    6 points by beardyw over 1 year ago | discuss
38. 780k Windows users downloaded this Linux distro in a month (www.xda-developers.com)
    5 points by giardini 10 months ago | 1 comments
39. Why did Windows 7, for a few months, logon slower if you had a color background? (devblogs.microsoft.com)
    5 points by AndrewDucker over 1 year ago | 1 comments
40. Windows 7: A 2025 perspective (rose-tinted or not) (www.dedoimedo.com)
    5 points by jandeboevrie over 1 year ago | 1 comments
41. Fun fact: Windows Vista/7 had THREE separate OpenGL implementations built in (community.khronos.org)
    4 points by cher-nov over 1 year ago | 7 comments
42. The Windows 7 Renaissance? StatCounter shows surge in usage
    4 points by Stasshe 11 months ago | 6 comments
43. Windows 7 slimmed down to 69 MB (www.theregister.com)
    4 points by TMWNN 11 months ago | 1 comments
44. Windows 7 isn't gaining market share in 2025 (www.windowslatest.com)
    4 points by speckx 12 months ago | 1 comments
45. AeroThemePlasma: Alternative shell for KDE Plasma that replicates Windows 7 look (gitgud.io)
    4 points by Tiberium 4 months ago | discuss
46. Burger King sells Windows 7 Whoppers as Microsoft begins Guru training (2009) (appleinsider.com)
    4 points by austinallegro over 1 year ago | discuss
47. Create and manage RemoteApps hosted on Windows 7, 8, 10, 11, XP and Server (github.com)
    3 points by oliverulerich almost 2 years ago | 1 comments