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You can obtain (in your preferred way) a copy of Windows 10 LTSC (IoT optional). I run it, and can develop, do administrative work, play games, and more. I have
by grenoire 5y ago
You can obtain (in your preferred way) a copy of Windows 10 LTSC (IoT optional). I run it, and can develop, do administrative work, play games, and more. I have not had any issues with it. I think there's some littered telemetry but man, I just deal with it.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 5y agoDoes Xbox overlay and all the Windows gaming integrations work? I've found a cheap LTSC license and might just give this a try later today. I only use Windows as my second boot option for emergencies when I can't use Linux.
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- grenoire 5y agoMost features are simply disabled by default but can be toggled. You can bloat it all the way up to a regular Windows 10 installation.
- dartharva 5y agoWhat's the difference between generic and IoT LTSC? And does it support the winget app package manager?
- grenoire 5y agoSorry, forgot to respond: IoT has a longer official support duration, i.e. it'll get updates for an additional 5 years for a total of 10 years.
- layer8 5y agoUnfortunately, with the current LTSC release Microsoft reduced the lifetime from 10 to 5 years.
- emptysongglass 5y agoThe IoT edition is still 10 years.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoLTSC is unfortunately no longer the privacy bastion it used to be (especially in the LTSB days). It now has the same choice of (only a little / very much) telemetry that regular windows has, has the ability to link microsoft accounts etc. The only real advantage is that they don't really push any new things to it.