Win 7 vs. Win 10?

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THUNDERELVI said:

The only way to make sure you are spyware free is to use Linux. I have no idea if previous versions of Windows have spyware as well and I wouldn't be surprised if they had, because everything nowadays has spyware. If you are doing sensitive work and need to stay off the grid and away from government eyes, you would be stupid to use anything other than Linux (or a modified version based on Unix) anyway.

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I will have to address your points separately.

The use of Linux does not guarantee that you are spyware free. Ubuntu has quite a bit of spyware installed out of the box. Since v 16.04 the spyware is claimed to be disabled by default, but I am skeptical.
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/ubuntu-spyware.en.html
http://arstechnica.com/information-...ls-ubuntu-spyware-because-it-tracks-searches/

Unless you are familiar with a few different programming languages and have personally examined each of the approximately 4 million lines of code in the kernel of Linux, and personally compiled the kernel for your machine, you cannot guarantee that the kernel does not have spyware in it.

After addressing the kernel and having compiled it for your use, you then have to do the same for each of the programs that you would use in Linux. These programs, rather than the kernel, are what most people view as Linux.

Windows server, Windows Vista - W10, can be hardend to the point that they are more secure than Linux. The problem is that up until W10, Windows was not hardend out of the box. W10 has spyware and tracking issues.

Linux is not as secure as many think. There are several known security bugs in Linux.

Microsoft had backported much of the W10 spyware to W8.1, 8.0,7, and Vista. These were installed as updates. The commands below address much of the spyware and remove it. There are also commands that remove the nag and W10 update screens. Most of it addresses removing the Microsoft spyware.


In addition to running the above script on occasion, I have had to lock out some Windows directories, locked and removed access to some registry keys, and shut off all updates. Even this does not guarantee security and privacy.

The most secure common (not so common in use) OS is BSD Unix. While OSX is a variant of Mach 3 Unix, OSX also has several security problems.

There is nothing such as perfect security.

Get Windows 10 !!

I like windows xp very much...but after that only windows 7 is ok....but i always prefer linux over it...tough windows 10 is just ok....

vote for windows 7.
I hate Windows 10 GUI

Definitely Windows 7 Pro, or Windows 8.1 Pro as an alternative. I personally hate Windows 10.

I wasn't a fan of 10 when i came out, I thought win 7 is all I need. Gave it a go anyways and never regretted. Takes a little getting used to but it's really awesome.

blackmint said:

vote for windows 7.
I hate Windows 10 GUI

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Install Classic Shell.
http://www.classicshell.net/

Right now i'm using win 8.1 but if i should choose win 7 and 10 i'll go with win 10.

Tried win 10 on my laptop but it's just laggy. the search and start button is just to slow.
can't stand the lag, and so much compability issue

Win 7 best UI ever

JustUs said:

Install Classic Shell.
http://www.classicshell.net/

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I know classic shell. I was using win 10 for few days with classic shell.
Win 10 boots up very fast.
still i hate win 10.

From comparison between Win 7 and Win 10, 7 version is good and more reliable to use. But 10 has more attraction than 7. Which type you want and install that one.

Neoterz said:

From comparison between Win 7 and Win 10, 7 version is good and more reliable to use. But 10 has more attraction than 7. Which type you want and install that one.

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What do you mean by this exactly?
I think both are pretty reliable. I used Win 7 for years (i skipped Win 8, 8.1 alll together) without a single issue, freezing. I use Win 10 for almost a year now, the same is true what was true for Win 7, no issues so far. From the reliability POV, there's no difference imho.

If you want difference, that's something other than reliability. On Win 10 programs run smoother according to my experience and the system doesn't lag even after not shutting it down for weeks. When i ran Win 7, after not shutting it down for a week or so, it always started to lag a bit, with time it got worse. This is non-existent with Win 10.

All in all Win 10 is a well put together OS (regardless spying) and is superior to Win 7 from pretty much every aspect, it would look pretty bad otherwise.

win 10 and win 7 both are good than win 8... win 10 have some extra feature than 7...

thnx, boyos! i'm going to try win 10. i use linux but i just need something to run some business programs on.

The Scarlet Pimp said:

i use linux

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what distro?

In my suggestion is windows 10 requires less ram taken compared to windows 7,8

Aty said:

what distro?

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ubuntu

Windows 10 is lot better then windows 7 . I have upgraded my system on windows 10 from windows 7. Win10 is lot faster then window 7 and has its own security system so it can protect our system better. Also it has improved browser Microsoft Edge.

I choose window 7