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I follow those 3 steps: 1. Buy LTSC license from sketchy resellers on eBay (I found out it's usually the same Vietnamese guy with 100 of different usernames)
by shp0ngle 7y ago
I follow those 3 steps:
1. Buy LTSC license from sketchy resellers on eBay (I found out it's usually the same Vietnamese guy with 100 of different usernames)
2. Install Windows LTSC
3. Enable Windows Store in LTSC by this repo - https://github.com/11lein/LTSC-Add-MicrosoftStore https://github.com/11lein/LTSC-Add-MicrosoftStore (it's a fork of some other repo that doesn't work for me that much)
LTSC is available to buy legally too, but it costs around 300$... all the "bulk resellers" are kind of sketchy. But hey it usually works.
- NullPrefix 7y agoWith commits named "nothing"[0] the repo is surely trustworthy 0: https://github.com/11lein/LTSC-Add-MicrosoftStore/commit/b5b2fc94504a1eeb0f87aafc620ca40a389d8dca https://github.com/11lein/LTSC-Add-MicrosoftStore/commit/b5b...
- gruez 7y agoIn this case it's probably fine because you can manually verify the .cmd file and all of the .appx files are digitally signed by Microsoft
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoYou can also just skip that step if you don't use the Microsoft Store. It's what I do.
- shp0ngle 6y agoThere are sometimes utilites only available on Store nowadays. If there is an edition that has Store, but doesn’t have ads, and doesn’t cost 300 usd, I would prefer to use that...
- type0 6y agoWindows S stands for Store (I think) and you can't install anything on it otherwise. Had an impression that it was ad free but I'm not completely sure.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoWindows LTSC ≠ Windows S
- type0 6y agoThat I know, but the question is whether or not it's free from ads.
- shp0ngle 6y agoit’s a shell script with some signed installers.
- bzb3 7y agoNo need to buy a key. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18156955 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18156955
- shp0ngle 6y agooh that’s neat! thanks