Based on our record, CalyxOS seems to be a lot more popular than Windows 7. While we know about 190 links to CalyxOS, we've tracked only 6 mentions of Windows 7. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-7. Source: over 1 year ago
After Windows 7 End of Life I decided it was too risky to use Windows 7 on any machine connected to the internet. Same reason I don't use Windows-XP anymore. Source: over 1 year ago
Please note that Windows 7 is no longer actively supported by Microsoft (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-7) and we can no longer guarantee backwards compatibility in cases like this. Source: almost 2 years ago
I'd tie it to Microsoft's support lifecycle. Even Windows 7 is out of extended support now. Source: about 2 years ago
Windows 7 went EOL in on Jan 14, 2020. Are you talking about the Extended Security Update? That ends Jan 10, 2023. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-7. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
For example https://androidauthority.com/grapheneos-3287030/ > "Even if you stomach the Pixel-only requirement" I have not and will not stomach that at all, nope! https://grapheneos.org/faq#supported-devices Nope! I wasn't paying attention, but if I remember, Alphabet/Google was funded to deploy/release Android operating system, and they also were financed to deploy some hardware phones before disappearing to let... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago
I'm sure you did your research. I'm writing for other readers who are interested. There are a few alternatives, more can be found but this is a selection of the most prominent offerings. /e/OS: https://e.foundation/e-os/ GrapheneOS: https://grapheneos.org/ LineageOS: https://lineageos.org/ CalyxOS: https://calyxos.org/ PostmarketOS (based on Alpine Linux rather than Android): https://postmarketos.org/ (for some... - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago
Ironically, Pixels are the best for de-Googling. GrapheneOS requires a Pixel, as does CalyxOS for the most part. If you don't want your money going to Google, a used/refurb Pixel gets around that in my opinion. Source: 10 months ago
Oh I see makes sense, one closed system needs another 😅 but if you look at Android, look at https://grapheneos.org/ and https://calyxos.org/. Source: 11 months ago
I agree with your point, but wanted to ask, have you considered using a device with a degoogled AOSP-based OS like GrapheneOS or CalyxOS? Source: almost 1 year ago
Ubuntu - Ubuntu is a Debian Linux-based open source operating system for desktop computers.
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LineageOS - Operating system for smartphones and tablet computers, based on the Android
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Android - Android is an open source mobile operating system initially released by Google in 2008 and has since become of the most widely used operating systems on any platform.