Leaked Windows 11 "Government Edition” that has no telemetry tracking or bloatware is actually FAKE
Submitted 4 months ago by neme@lemm.ee to windows@sopuli.xyz
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Thorry84@feddit.nl 4 months ago
ramble81@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Or you know, use Enterprise edition which has local policies that allow you to disable most all of it.
Count042@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
Or, you know, use an OS like Linux that doesn’t require to disable the bloat ware or spyware at all.
PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee 4 months ago
You haven’t ever worked in a company before, have you.
BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 4 months ago
I tried to install linux on my laptop and main pc, it didn’t work on any. It’s probably because i’m too dumb, and/or don’t want to change some ini riles because i random YouTube video tells me to. But just telling people to just use linux with that snarky tone is not helpful at all.
vox@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
yeah I’m using enterprise rn, can even completely disable ms accounts, as in the os just completely forgets they exist (except per-application logins of course, by ms accounts i mean the os-wide integration) like when you go create an account, it just skips right to local account creation… copilot can be disabled, widgets can be disabled too…
if you have enterprise edition you can actually disable telemetry instead of trying to block it (aka the “Security” level (iirc it can also be called “Compliance” or sth), all other versions only allow “Required”)
Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
There’s not a Government edition of Windows, but Microsoft 365 does have special government licensing and it’s intriguing to look at the differences.
refalo@programming.dev 4 months ago
Yes there is:
www.google.com/search?q=cmge+windows
Do note this is unrelated to the very recent Windows 11 “government edition” “leak” though.
meleethecat@lemmy.world 4 months ago
jemikwa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
This might be fake, but LTSC is not. It’s been around in Windows 10 for years, designed for bloat free stability for IoT and operational devices. A consumer shouldn’t technically use it but there are ways.
I don’t know how much 11’s version has been debloated, but it might be a good experience.taanegl@beehaw.org 4 months ago
There’s government editions of Windows, and it’s when governments have signed deals and blood pacts with Microsoft to get access to the source code of Windows, whereby the government compiles it them selves.
However, this is only for military and critical infrastructure, whereas governments also buys a shit ton of enterprise licenses in bulk that they have no control over, and no matter how you slice it, any government that uses Windows Server to serve middleware is comprised of idiots.
It’s like “Daddy Usa and Daddy China, plz penetrate my moist encryption and security policies UwU”
No, seriously. If your government doesn’t roll its own or has hired some local enterprise distributor, it’s like saying come on in to one of the two big imperialists.
femtech@midwest.social 4 months ago
No, you just use group policys and security stacks. The government just uses enterprise. Strips it down to only what’s needed and allowed.
refalo@programming.dev 4 months ago
This one is real:
taanegl@beehaw.org 4 months ago
Not for military or nuclear deterrents they don’t, and it’s not “just” setting group policies, but actually hardening and packaging software using government standards.
But they also use Enterprise edition, which I aluded to in the comment you’re replying to… geez.
willya@lemmyf.uk 4 months ago
Just use www.bcuninstaller.com
schwim@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Appreciate the capital letters so we know what words are important, WindowsCentral.
b34k@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It’s a FAKE!!!
SuckMyWang@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It’s a way of letting the audience know the writer thinks you’re an idiot.