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Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 support will end tomorrow (January 1st 2024) (help.steampowered.com)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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This affects roughly 0.91% of the users according to the latest hardware survey (november 2023)

https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's been a few years since I used Mint, but I enjoyed it. Most of the Debian-based distros are very similar, actually. All are decent for beginners. If not Mint, Pop is another good option.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Also Zorin

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I installed Zorin on my wife's (=no prior Linux experience) laptop something like 2 years ago. Considering the fact that she still uses it almost daily, I'd say you're right.

Personally, I dislike some of the custom stuff it has over the more standard desktop environments, but I do think it's great for usability in that it feels Windows-adjacent.