Comment on "You should probably just throw it away"
jaschen@lemm.ee 1 week ago
For those who is not quite ready for Linux and don’t want to be left behind, you have options.
Do a search for Tiny11. It’s super lightweight and you can set what you want to share with MSFT.
Old machines can run as well.
I would highly avoid getting Windows from anywhere but Microsoft. That’s just asking for trouble.
Instead install Windows 11 Pro and then go though and remove the unnecessary apps. Then use group policy to tweak the system in a way you are happy with. You can do everything from disabling Bing search in start to preventing full screen popups from Edge.
Some of us have older processors that is more powerful than some current gen processors yet Microsoft decided that it’s too old and won’t let you install it.
Tiny11 is a community driven OS. I have been using it for years and has never given me any problems. If your computer is not able to legitimately upgrade to Win11, you can either spend money to buy a newer computer or install Tiny11.
Tiny11 creates a massive security problem since they disable a bunch of critical security features and fixes in the name of performance. Also Windows isn’t community driven and it will never be.
My computer is running Tiny11 and I get updates. Defender is turned on.
TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 1 week ago
This is just replacing one unsupported OS with another?
Irelephant@lemm.ee 1 week ago
unsupported by microsoft