Comment by npteljes
5 days ago
I rather suggest Win 11 LTSC. The Windows 11 IoT Enterprise 2024 LTSC supposedly:
- doesn't have the tpm requirement
- no copilot, recall, edge browser, ms store
- allows local setup
- no feature updates, only security
- built-in options to disable telemetry
Keys go for $300 in some stores, or, one can use an activation emulator, or massgrave.
Scripts can be good for one-time use, but it's swimming against the current. As soon as you stop swimming, the current wins. With the LTSC, you don't swim against the current, but rather choose a different current. In its case, it's MS themselves who provide the debloating.
Just use Rufus+MAS for Win10 IoT LTSC, no need to stoop down to win11
Win 10 is getting deprecated. I use my install still, but I personally don't recommend it as a new install.
https://tech.yahoo.com/gaming/articles/youre-still-gaming-wi...
Not with MAS. It's supported until 2032.
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why not windows 10 LTSC? higher performance
Win 10 is already becoming past tense, despite it being updated for security until 2032. In the present, I don't think Windows 10 is a good recommendation anymore. When installing a new system, I'd just go with the 11.
https://tech.yahoo.com/gaming/articles/youre-still-gaming-wi...
Gonna hard to justify win10 if certain apps/games whatever is only supported in win10. the obvious answer is Linux, but we already know the story there.
Where can one buy a key? I got denied when I tried buying one because I was not a company.
Don't. Please. The fact that you got denied is a hint that you cannot get a properly licensed Enterprise copy. A key would activate your Windows but not license it. In other words, it's piracy. And you can get a pirated copy for free. Save your money.
That's actually a very good point.
Anyone can be a company if you try hard enough!
I see them going for $150-300 on ebay, just don't ask where they came from.
No need if you use the IoT version and the massgrave activation script. It uses the built-in activation mechanisms in Windows to activate until 2038 or something.
I'm using the Windows 11 Enterprise IoT LTSC with activation until 2038 right now.
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These keys are also piracy. You might as well save $300 and just download the system for free.
You can get a legit windows 11 key from a reseller for an order of magnitude less - isn’t it worth a couple hours of your time to save ~$250?
I think the regular Windows versions are not worth it. Sure you can debloat the current configuration of the system, but it's a continually updated product, so it won't stay the same. Configurations will be overwritten, components reinstalled, etc.
This depends a lot on the person, and their lifestyle, I personally had enough of it. I like to set it, and (mostly) forget it.
That does sounds like a dream but alas it is not all that “good”. I for one would be first in line though if Microsoft ever made a true bare bones dev focused shell or something or other; maybe a complete rethink on compute.
Of course, it's still a piece of shit Windows. But I have basically copied the list from multiple third party sources, so, what got listed are actual features of the LTSC. And I think it's better that what's achievable with debloating scripts, especially if one isn't running them over and over again.
Fair point! I continually have to re-run those de-bloat scripts.