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What is your favorite open source software? (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] 11 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Signal, Firefox and Eclipse.

Too bad Signal are dropping support for Windows 7 ;(

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  • [โ€“] 52 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Kind of odd to use Signal (a privacy and security focused messenger) on Windows 7 (an EOL and thus highly unsecure operating system).

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  • [โ€“] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    it is a development machine with highly specialised tools - Altium Designer, SolidWorks, IDA Pro, Altera Quartus, etc.

    Upgrading the OS is not a trivial thing as would be on a phone or tablet. Also when upgrading the OS it would make sense to upgrade the HW as well, and that is a major investment. And Signal is just not important really to warrant that.

    I would still use it on my phone though, but on the PC is just Viber unfortunately (whatsapp dropped as well).

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    I wouldn't say upgrading the OS on a phone or tablet is trivial... Especially when compared to a PC. Upgrading the OS on a PC is much easier.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Both is trivial in my opinion. The problem is OP using ancient software that only runs on an ancient OS. In this case upgrading is not trivial. Even though upgrading is a major investment in this case, it only gets worse the later its done. Typical case of technical debt

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