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And this is why I'm still running Win10 LTSC. No bloat, super fast, still gets security updates.

I was doing that until Adobe decided to start using an API which is not present in 2021 LTSC. So I moved to macOS. Tahoe has its problems but it and the hardware makes a mockery of Windows 11 and PCs generally.

Use the opportunity to remove adobe from your life so that you can kill two birds with one stone.

I have no plans to. I like Lightroom and Photoshop and am willing to keep paying for it.

I will note that I have used Darktable extensively. But there isn't a good Photoshop alternative.

isn't affinity free these days when you don't pay for their AI?

There's free and there's free.

Affinity is a risk. Undocumented file formats (unlike PSD + LR database), no XMP support and vendor relying on AI to keep it free.

Nope!

also this comment did not age very well considering what adobe did to Animate today..

So you are mitigating the risk by staying on undocumented file formats? I see

It's still a bit bloaty. It still has telemetry, edge, even tries to sign you in with a Microsoft account. It's not as good as the old ltsb used to be.

Which are very easy to turn off

Don't think it prompted me for a Microsoft account but I could be wrong

In theory, this was a security patch, so you're still at risk of MS pushing a problematic patch to Win10

windows 10 pro (and other editions) also have an option for 3 year of updates via https://massgrave.dev/windows10_eol

How do you get a valid license?

This is the current method of choice

https://massgrave.dev/

You don't, you pirate it. If you paid perfectly working, non-vibecoded dollars for Windows 11 Pro which became utterly broken, pirating whatever you need from Microslop to actually having a working computer is morally right.

> If you paid perfectly working, non-vibecoded dollars for Windows 11 Pro

then you already have a license.

Not for the 'working' version of windows which is LTSC or enterprise not pro.

Unfortunately they don't sell single LTSC licenses to individuals

There are smaller VARs that will sell you one. Not hard at all

My Win 11 Pro install is not "utterly broken" and is actually quite responsive.

What did I do wrong on my 5800X3D w/ 4090?

Find a smaller VAR

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