• KrapKake@lemmy.world
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    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.

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      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.

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        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.

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        6 months ago

        At a cost. But mind as well pirate since Microsoft is so eager to shove people to Windows 11.

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      6 months ago

      Haaa

      Just get ltsc image from Microsoft and crack it. Its much less of a hassle

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      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.

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        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.

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          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.