I’ve never had to use Windows 11. I have Windows 10 on my main machine and toy around with different Linux distros on my spares.
Now that I’m building a computer for my folks, I’m faced with the real problem that Windows 11 is going to be a big shift for them (also using windows 10) and it’s going to contain so much crap (Copilot, Start Menu ads, etc) that is going to ruin the experience/overwhelm/turn them off.
I’ve read, with passing interest, about the myriad of “debloated” Windows installs, but never took a serious look at what is going on and what is good. Here’s where I hope c/technology can point me in the right direction. Thanks!
mikyopii@programming.dev 5 months ago
I think there are two options personally.
The Windows 11 LTSC version just leaked on Chinese forums. I wouldn’t use that ISO but would wait for the official release. Seems like the “best” version of Windows.
Use Chris Titus’ WinUtil on a normal install: github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil. He has put a lot of effort into this tool and it works great.
If you want to go full try-hard you can do it yourself. Buy NTLite and go to town on stripping stuff out. You’ll probably break something but it is fun to play with.
stardreamer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
Oh nice! A new tool! Do you happen to know how this compares to win10privacy?
mikyopii@programming.dev 5 months ago
Never used that tool so I can’t really say :(
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 5 months ago
You should be able to download the Win11 LTSC direct from MS (pretty sure that’s where I got mine).
That’s supposedly a time/feature limited version, but if you use the licensing script (also from Microsoft), it will permanently activate it.
I have it activated in a VM I’m testing.
uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Someone else mentioned the Windows 10 LTSC, good to know there is one for 11 as well. I’ll go research these a bit more, thank you.
The machine I’m fixing up has an embedded license. Think I’ll need to toy with the activation script?