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Comment on W10 EoL and possibly switching to Linux (various tech questions)

Syrc@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Thanks for the answers!

I’m pretty sure there’s no problem with NTFS on Linux now, but I don’t guarantee though…

I heard I might have some metadata issues due to it being a reverse-enginereed version, I assume in your experience that didn’t happen?

It surely can corrupt a file e.g. you run a document editor in WINE and the program crashes while the file is open.

So I assume I should still check for compatibility before running something that opens other files, I guess?

What you’re looking for is “Windows 10 Enterprise IoT LTSC 21H2”.

Understood, 21H2 and 2021 are two names for the same thing, correct?

But anyway, I don’t recommend regular Win10, just switch to IoT LTSC :)

Yeah, the options are in order of preference so of course regular W10 would be the worst option, I asked just in case I didn’t manage to activate it in time (are there any downsides to activating it with massgrave and the others compared to buying a key from… certain sites? It’s relatively cheap so I wouldn’t mind but if it’s exactly the same I might as well save some bucks)

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hexagonwin@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
not sure exactly what metadata you mean, i don’t really know well about NTFS’s advanced features. i just tend to have some version of windows installed in another partition or a drive and ocasionally copy files from and to it, never had any issues. ntfs-3g is a bit slow tho due to being FUSE.

the winehq compatibility db is outdated in some cases, so it’s best to just try for yourself and see if it runs ok. if it doesn’t work well, it would usually be very obvious. (crashes, glitches, etc)

yes LTSC 2021 and 21H2 is the same thing

massgrave generates a legit activation ticket unlike the old windows hacktivation methods like KMS (KMS haktivators used to run a local activation server baiscally). so it even auto activates after reinstalling just like a legit key. no downsides other than the fact it’s not “legal”, but that’s the same for those sketchy keys since they are also usually violations of Micro$oft EULA.

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- Syrc@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  not sure exactly what metadata you mean, i don’t really know well about NTFS’s advanced features. i just tend to have some version of windows installed in another partition or a drive and ocasionally copy files from and to it, never had any issues.
  
  Mostly the common user-facing properties stuff like date created/modified/taken, did everything get saved/transferred correctly or is it just something you didn’t personally care about?
  
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