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I'm betting that windows 10 LTSB will be supported until windows 11, or 12 (or whatever) LTSB is released.

(ps. I cant switch to Linux 100%, I need to use windows for work as I am a game dev.. It's probably possible to do my job entirely in linux with wine and whatnot, but in software development it is a pretty bad idea to make ones job unnecessarily more difficult and complicated, and throw up barriers to shipping)

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My PCs at home run linux. I run a Windows 10 VM on qemu/KVM for work, and that has worked for me for 16 months of remote work.

The crazy hardware requirements for windows 11 won't apply to VMs apparently. And my work will provide me with a Microsoft account, so that is fine. Plus it's a work-only machine, clear segregation.

LTSB is already not supported by various games, Adobe products and even MS Office.

LTSC does work fine though, at least for all games I tried and it's supported until 2029. Question is how long you'll be able to get drivers and when games stop working on it. Dunno about other software, I only use Windows are a game console OS in a VM.

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