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You mean Microsoft Windows which dropped support for Zen 1 with Win11 not even 5 years after Zen 1 was released? Meanwhile, Linux will still run on a 30+ year o

You mean Microsoft Windows which dropped support for Zen 1 with Win11 not even 5 years after Zen 1 was released? Meanwhile, Linux will still run on a 30+ year old CPU...

shepherdjerred 2y ago
Isn't Windows 10 still supported?
- shepherdjerred 2y ago
  I looked into it. Consumer installs of Windows 10 have updates until 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_10#Support_lifecycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_10#Support_lifecycle
skinner927 2y ago
They said software support, not hardware support. You can take a win 95 gui app and run it on windows 10 without issue. You can’t do the same on Linux.
- Rinzler89 2y ago
  Pretty much. For the sake of nostalgia, I downloaded an Encarta 2000 ISO form Internet Archive, then spun up a Windows 98 VM to run it on but that VM had a lot of sound issues in Virtual Box, then I realized that Encarta would also run just fine installed on Windows 11 lol. This kind of backwards compatibility is not something I need on a daily basis but it's pretty neat that I can just run very old SW on my main OS without fiddling with VMs.
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y ago
  In context, it looks like they meant software updates, which is closer to what your calling hardware support.
- yndoendo 2y ago
  This is not 100% true. Some legacy Windows software does not run on current Windows. Never got Slave Zero running on Windows XP or Windows 2000 after upgrading from Windows 98 & ME. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Zero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Zero
- gpm 2y ago
  For many old windows games (and probably other apps) you'll actually have better luck running them on linux than a modern version of windows, thanks to wine/proton. E.g. see this user report: https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/1743cec/almost_seems_like_protonlinux_is_more_compatible/ https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/1743cec/almost_s...
dangus 2y ago
Windows 10 support continues until October of 2025. Zen 1 will be 8 years old at that point. It’s pretty much guaranteed that Microsoft will add an extended support period to windows 10. Windows 7 just left extended support last year.

You mean Microsoft Windows which dropped support for Zen 1 with Win11 not even 5 years after Zen 1 was released? Meanwhile, Linux will still run on a 30+ year old CPU...

shepherdjerred 2y ago

Isn't Windows 10 still supported?

shepherdjerred 2y ago
I looked into it. Consumer installs of Windows 10 have updates until 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_10#Support_lifecycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_10#Support_lifecycle

skinner927 2y ago

They said software support, not hardware support. You can take a win 95 gui app and run it on windows 10 without issue. You can’t do the same on Linux.

Rinzler89 2y ago
Pretty much. For the sake of nostalgia, I downloaded an Encarta 2000 ISO form Internet Archive, then spun up a Windows 98 VM to run it on but that VM had a lot of sound issues in Virtual Box, then I realized that Encarta would also run just fine installed on Windows 11 lol. This kind of backwards compatibility is not something I need on a daily basis but it's pretty neat that I can just run very old SW on my main OS without fiddling with VMs.
yjftsjthsd-h 2y ago
In context, it looks like they meant software updates, which is closer to what your calling hardware support.
yndoendo 2y ago
This is not 100% true. Some legacy Windows software does not run on current Windows. Never got Slave Zero running on Windows XP or Windows 2000 after upgrading from Windows 98 & ME. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Zero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Zero
gpm 2y ago
For many old windows games (and probably other apps) you'll actually have better luck running them on linux than a modern version of windows, thanks to wine/proton. E.g. see this user report: https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/1743cec/almost_seems_like_protonlinux_is_more_compatible/ https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/1743cec/almost_s...

dangus 2y ago

Windows 10 support continues until October of 2025. Zen 1 will be 8 years old at that point. It’s pretty much guaranteed that Microsoft will add an extended support period to windows 10. Windows 7 just left extended support last year.