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I am surprised they host the ISOs https://crustywindo.ws/collection/ https://crustywindo.ws/collection/ that seems illegal cool website nonetheless

by rabbits_2002 3y ago

userbinator 3y ago
While I've seen similar sites occasionally get taken down in the past, I think ultimately Microsoft would rather you pirate Windows than use Linux. Amusingly enough, there's also https://crustywindo.ws/collection/Linux/ https://crustywindo.ws/collection/Linux/
OsrsNeedsf2P 3y ago
Any time I need a Windows install, I go for one of the custom builds. Not from crustywindo.ws, but there's a lot of Windows modding forums out there with varying "distros". (It bears noting if you need to trust your OS, you shouldn't be using Windows at all)
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago
  That just sounds like, an easy way to get hacked, with extra steps. Just download the official ISO.
  - causi 3y ago
    Windows Update has fucked up my computer a lot more often than pirated software has.
    - Kiuhrly1 3y ago
      Then use the LTSC editions which only receive security updates and don't come with any modern Windows crap
      - mschuster91 3y ago
        Good luck getting your hands on one of these legally
        FirmwareBurner 3y ago
        If you're a business you'll easily get it.
        BizarroLand 3y ago
        Sure, sure, let me go pop down to the county office and create a whole ass LLC and spend several hundred dollars so I can save an hour or three every year troubleshooting my windows install. Brilliant. it's like saying to someone that has to get somewhere, "A journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step" while I'm over here passing you both in a bus.
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      - Prickle 3y ago
        I tried! I really, really tried! They won't sell it to peasants like me. They refuse to even give a quote. Businesses only, and even then you must be a big business. Small/Medium need not apply. The company I work for uses a really hacky way to "break" windows updates instead. Then "authorises" specific packages. I thought it was a group policy, but whatever this is a giant mess. (Windows10 Pro)

I am surprised they host the ISOs https://crustywindo.ws/collection/ https://crustywindo.ws/collection/ that seems illegal cool website nonetheless

userbinator 3y ago

While I've seen similar sites occasionally get taken down in the past, I think ultimately Microsoft would rather you pirate Windows than use Linux. Amusingly enough, there's also https://crustywindo.ws/collection/Linux/ https://crustywindo.ws/collection/Linux/

OsrsNeedsf2P 3y ago

Any time I need a Windows install, I go for one of the custom builds. Not from crustywindo.ws, but there's a lot of Windows modding forums out there with varying "distros". (It bears noting if you need to trust your OS, you shouldn't be using Windows at all)

FirmwareBurner 3y ago
That just sounds like, an easy way to get hacked, with extra steps. Just download the official ISO.
- causi 3y ago
  Windows Update has fucked up my computer a lot more often than pirated software has.
  - Kiuhrly1 3y ago
    Then use the LTSC editions which only receive security updates and don't come with any modern Windows crap
    - mschuster91 3y ago
      Good luck getting your hands on one of these legally
      - FirmwareBurner 3y ago
        If you're a business you'll easily get it.
        BizarroLand 3y ago
        Sure, sure, let me go pop down to the county office and create a whole ass LLC and spend several hundred dollars so I can save an hour or three every year troubleshooting my windows install. Brilliant. it's like saying to someone that has to get somewhere, "A journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step" while I'm over here passing you both in a bus.
      - deleted 3y ago
        [deleted]
    - Prickle 3y ago
      I tried! I really, really tried! They won't sell it to peasants like me. They refuse to even give a quote. Businesses only, and even then you must be a big business. Small/Medium need not apply. The company I work for uses a really hacky way to "break" windows updates instead. Then "authorises" specific packages. I thought it was a group policy, but whatever this is a giant mess. (Windows10 Pro)