Yall need to just install linux.
Comment on Windows 11 just isn't enticing Windows 10 users to upgrade, and its market share is actually falling
KrapKake@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Y’all need to get yourselves that Windows 10 2021 LTSC IoT badboy (IoT part is important). It’s supported until 2032 and it’s only bloat is edge. If I had to use windows again it would be that. Maybe it’s downside would be software complaining in the future that the OS is too old, but I would say it’s worth a shot if you have to use Windows.
aniki@lemm.ee 6 months ago
revelrous@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
Working on it, but only on page 5 of Linux for dummies
aniki@lemm.ee 6 months ago
You most certainly don’t need a book and I can almost guarantee you that the book is already out of date and irrelevant.
Just dig in and get dirty and figure it out.
revelrous@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
If I had an extra machine I totally would fafo, but alas I must approach with caution.
mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
You can switch from Windows 10 pro into that?
snownyte@kbin.social 6 months ago
At a cost. But mind as well pirate since Microsoft is so eager to shove people to Windows 11.
xdr@lemmynsfw.com 6 months ago
Haaa
Just get ltsc image from Microsoft and crack it. Its much less of a hassle
fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
I couldn’t find a version of this that would work in a VM. The few I tried were “preactivated” and then complained about hardware changes when I tried to install in a VM.
No I’m not asking people to find me a working release. I’m just complaining that I just can’t be assed mucking around with unlicensed installations.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Linux doesn’t require AcTiVaTiOn
bort@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
the last time I had to set up a windows-system, I just said fuck-it and bought a key for 2€ from on of these shady key-sides.
fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
Yeah I bought some keys a while back.
It never seems to be as easy as “type in this key”. They get linked to my Microsoft account or some nonsense.
snownyte@kbin.social 6 months ago
Oh no, that's not all actually.
That version doesn't even have the Windows Store, which is a huge bloat of it's own. Oh and it doesn't even stop there, apparently Microsoft treats even their Pro-users like trash nowadays, that you have full control of what you do on the Win10 2021 LTSC/LoT as opposed to the Pro version and it costs more.
frezik@midwest.social 6 months ago
I was going to ask how WSL gets installed without the Windows Store, but looks like the install path doesn’t use the store anymore. That was one of the few things I ever used the store for.