I'll soon be assembling a new PC and I need to figure out which version of Win 11 to use. I've not been able to find a good discussion of using IoT or LTSC for a "daily driver" gaming and productivity PC.

I'll want to make use of a lot of Windows features like virtualization, the ability to run Android apps, and the Linux subsystem. I don't need all the new feature updates immediately, but I also don't want to be running an antique OS... Just a debloated one.

If you've navigated these waters I would love to hear about your experience.

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[–] DebatableRaccoon 10 points 1 month ago (7 children)

LTSC is extremely feasible for gaming and productivity. As Codilingus already said, you can get the ISO and activation from MASSGRAVE's site.

Depending on your requirements, you'll probably quickly figure out you need MS Store for one thing or another (the inconvenience of having pretty much everything removed) so you'll need a tool like this to install the store and, you can use Chris Titus' Wintool to turn off the spyware. It also has a program downloader built in with a long list of useful software to help speed up your initial setup process.

[–] Clusterfck@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Bookmarked this for myself later. THANK YOU!

Nice to see someone not just shitting on Windows.

Nobody WANTS to use Windows, but I also don't want to fiddle with 17 different options and 12 builds of Wine to trick my one program I need to run on Linux.

[–] Nyarlathotep@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

That's a bingo.

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