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The only, as per personal exp, way to properly setup a Win11 machine these days is strictly via LTSC release and WinUtil from Chris Titus + local account - clean and no "feature" updates for almost 10 yrs. Add to that Chocolatey for package management that takes away the "every piece of software adds it's own autoupdater crap"-pain and the OS is suddenly very capable for almost all computing needs.

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It's funny to me to see that to achieve this Linux-like result you need to go through the Linux-like installation process.

> Linux-like installation process

Maybe that of 20 years ago, it's very smooth these days if you use e.g. Debian.

Somehow, archinstall is more straightforward than even this.

We're a niche, but at this point most people I see around are spending the majority of their time in unix/linux through whatever layer feels right for them, be it the Darwin system or WSL2 or straight docker/container. The overall maintenance being linuxy is par for the course.

Good timing to plug this other article on the top page, Exactly om that paradox:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45562286

It's worth mentioning that 10 also has LTSC variants, the IoT LTSC version in particular will be supported with security updates until 2032 if I recall.

Is buying the Enterprise version another method? I heard someone suggest that, but without any explanation other than it allowed you to use Windows without a Microsoft account. Is there something that makes it unsuitable for gaming?

You cannot simply buy Enterprise edition. It is subscription-only. It comes with Enterprise subscription to M365.

Why Chocolatey and not WinGet?

I started out with WinGet but found the coverage lacking and ended up sideloading stuff which then soured the whole thing for me.. Choco basically has better coverage in my experience.

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