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I have such a laptop, but it doesn't survive update to Windows 11. Installing Windows 11 on old Thinkpad makes it go slow. Luckily, there is Windows 10 LTSC bo

I have such a laptop, but it doesn't survive update to Windows 11. Installing Windows 11 on old Thinkpad makes it go slow. Luckily, there is Windows 10 LTSC bought from dubious serial code reseller. (OK, they possiblly pirate it, but.... Windows 10 LTSC is so good I recommend it to everyone. And MSFT won't sell it to me legally...) edit: oh, this guy uses Ubuntu. I don't have nerves for Linux.

baz00 3y ago
Windows 11 is horribl.e My exit plan is to move to windows 10 LTSC. I have some MSDN keys. I'll worry about that one day in the future though. I just exited the Apple ecosystem so I'm still getting my stuff together. I also don't have the nerves for Linux. I want the computer to be a thing to solve problems not a thing to cause problems to solve :)
- alexvitkov 3y ago
  You don't consider the first paragraph "a problem to solve"?
  - baz00 3y ago
    I'm slowly boiling myself into a portable software space. I have a couple of hard requirements that force me to use windows (or macOS) that i can kill in the next 2 years. I can put the LTSC migration off until 2025 and I can then push the LTSC EOL decision off until 2027. That's 4 years. A lot changes in that time.
- graemep 3y ago
  > I also don't have the nerves for Linux. I want the computer to be a thing to solve problems not a thing to cause problems to solve :) That is only true of Linux for specific things like gaming, or if you cannot resist the temptation to try stuff and tinker. Even having moved to a relatively unstable/problematic Linux distro (Manjaro) do not find myself spending any more time solving problems than when I used Windows (which as a long time ago, so not applicable to current Windows).
  - baz00 3y ago
    It's really not though. I've run Linux on physical hardware as a side concern for the last 25 years and it's mostly a pain in the ass, even right up to now with things like sudden power drain, sleep problems, WiFi fucking out, high DPI issues etc. I don't have the time for that shit.

baz00 3y ago

Windows 11 is horribl.e My exit plan is to move to windows 10 LTSC. I have some MSDN keys. I'll worry about that one day in the future though. I just exited the Apple ecosystem so I'm still getting my stuff together. I also don't have the nerves for Linux. I want the computer to be a thing to solve problems not a thing to cause problems to solve :)

alexvitkov 3y ago
You don't consider the first paragraph "a problem to solve"?
- baz00 3y ago
  I'm slowly boiling myself into a portable software space. I have a couple of hard requirements that force me to use windows (or macOS) that i can kill in the next 2 years. I can put the LTSC migration off until 2025 and I can then push the LTSC EOL decision off until 2027. That's 4 years. A lot changes in that time.
graemep 3y ago
> I also don't have the nerves for Linux. I want the computer to be a thing to solve problems not a thing to cause problems to solve :) That is only true of Linux for specific things like gaming, or if you cannot resist the temptation to try stuff and tinker. Even having moved to a relatively unstable/problematic Linux distro (Manjaro) do not find myself spending any more time solving problems than when I used Windows (which as a long time ago, so not applicable to current Windows).
- baz00 3y ago
  It's really not though. I've run Linux on physical hardware as a side concern for the last 25 years and it's mostly a pain in the ass, even right up to now with things like sudden power drain, sleep problems, WiFi fucking out, high DPI issues etc. I don't have the time for that shit.