[jareklupinski]

> I would gladly pay money out of my own pocket for "Windows Core OS" and its just stripped down, and NEVER forces to advertise Office, or OneDrive, or Cortana or any of the things we never asked for.

i'm only going from win10 LTSC to either a similar version of 11, or debian

for me it was the purposely depressing news articles just showing up all over the start menu :(

[giancarlostoro]

I make software, I don't want my OS restarting without my telling it to do, or tricking me into restarting for updates I don't need immediately. I'm stuck on Linux until Microsoft makes a version of their OS for power users.

[nerdjon]

Windows 10 LTSC really is amazing and I am anxiously (and slightly nervously that Microsoft is going to screw it up somehow) waiting for 11 LTSC.

Particularly for gaming, takes care of all the compatibility problems with none of the crap thrown in. Even performs better as a bonus.

[edward28]

Win 11 lstc so far isn't bad, but I saw there is a tab for ai components, which means Microsoft is still probably going to hawk copilot and recall even for lstc.

[nerdjon]

I did not realize it was out yet!

That is disappointing, but at least the way you describe it, it sounds like it still isn't there by default.

Which I guess does make sense, you can install a lot of the missing components.

[edward28]

Win 11 iot enterprise lstc is out and so far it's not horrible.