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Are you referring to this? https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-...

Yup

Don't fall for Microsoft's marketing that it is somehow a Windows that can't do normal things, that it is only suitable for Kiosks, or whatever other tactic they seem determined to use to discourage its use.

It is a perfectly capable Windows installation just without a lot of bloat. Any missing features (like the Windows Store) are easily installable.

I got better gaming performance compared to normal Windows 11.

Does a normal windows 11 key work on this or do you need a special license

Unfortunately no, Microsoft really does not want normal users using this since it removes a lot of the features they are pushing (like Copilot) and a lot of the telemetry is removed. Especially since it really shows how well Windows can actually run when all of the crap isn't there. So there is not a way for a normal user to get a key.

My personal ethical opinion, I have a license key for Windows 11 already. Microsoft does not give me the ability to get a key for LTSC, so I don't have any qualms about using a script to activate it.

Well eventually you had games and applications not supporting Windows 10 LTSC because it was so outdated in terms of available APIs. Windows 11 is so new, you’re not at that point yet.

I might have lucked out since I was using 10 LTSC up until 11 LTSC was... leaked? I don't know the full story.

I never had any compatibility issue, it does get some updates.

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