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When I was an active Windows user, I always used the server editions as my desktop OS. Eg, I ran Server 2003 (instead of XP), Server 2012 R2 (instead of 8.1),
by bloblaw 5y ago
When I was an active Windows user, I always used the server editions as my desktop OS.
Eg, I ran Server 2003 (instead of XP), Server 2012 R2 (instead of 8.1), and finally, Server 2016 (instead of Win 10).
Much less bloat. Not sustainable for an enterprise deployment, but for my home use it worked quite well.
- _nickwhite 5y agoUnfortunately, using Windows Server as a gaming computer is highly frustrating, and rarely works long-term. Biggest issue is driver compatibility (especially video drivers). Direct X used to be an issue, but I think it actually runs fine now in Server 2019. A much better solution in today's world would be to just run Linux. Steam now has >80% of the Top-100 Windows games running on Linux.
- simlevesque 5y ago> Steam now has >80% of the Top-100 Windows games running on Linux. When it works. CSGO claims to work on Linux but has stopped working for many months now. There is a fix that includes changing a library but you risk getting banned by anticheat. https://github.com/ValveSoftware/csgo-osx-linux/issues/2659 https://github.com/ValveSoftware/csgo-osx-linux/issues/2659 It has been going on for almost a year. If you want to game, you should just to dual boot Windows or buy a console.
- cf100clunk 5y agoWhen I was an active Windows flight sim user, I always installed either 98lite, 2000lite, or XPlite on heavily slipstreamed installations: https://www.litepc.com/ https://www.litepc.com/ I was ruthless in tearing out cruft. To me this made the consumer versions seem quicker and more stable. I have absolutely no flight sim use case now for any of the Windows OSes, past or present.