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Isn't there a dumb / light version of Windows 10 that removes all these anti-features and bloat? I just want to play games and surf the web with FF.
by Alifatisk 3y ago
Isn't there a dumb / light version of Windows 10 that removes all these anti-features and bloat?
I just want to play games and surf the web with FF.
- whyoh 3y agoWindows 10 (IoT) LTSC 2021. It lets you uninstall Edge with just a right-click. And it doesn't have any 'modern apps' and Store preinstalled.
- freeAgent 3y agoBut a normal consumer can’t purchase that version of Windows, can they? in a non-shady/license-compliant way
- whyoh 3y agoI don't know, honestly. But if it's just a matter of reducing bloat, you don't really need LTSC. For example, you can remove preinstalled apps on Home/Pro with a line in Powershell: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4689-uninstall-apps-windows-10-a.html#option12 https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4689-uninstall-apps-wind... LTSC is cleaner out of the box and has much longer support, but otherwise it's not that different. And Edge on LTSC still does annoying things, such as adding a Bing search box on the desktop, for example.
- freeAgent 3y agoChecking with MS, unless you’re a registered developer or enterprise customer, you can’t purchase it. LTSC keys aren’t supposed to be sold by the single, so any reseller doing that is breaking MS’s terms.
- fsflover 3y agoYes, it's called Linux (with Steam).
- Alifatisk 3y agoI don’t think a kernel is comparable to an operating system.