I’ll soon be assembling a new PC and I need to figure out which version of Win 11 to use. I’ve not been able to find a good discussion of using IoT or LTSC for a “daily driver” gaming and productivity PC.

I’ll want to make use of a lot of Windows features like virtualization, the ability to run Android apps, and the Linux subsystem. I don’t need all the new feature updates immediately, but I also don’t want to be running an antique OS… Just a debloated one.

If you’ve navigated these waters I would love to hear about your experience.

    • DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.caEnglish
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      6 hours ago

      MS Store can be installed on LTSC quite easily so it’s very possible to still have the bloat-free version.

    • land@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      13 hours ago

      +1 I went from windows 11 >>> Bazzite OS. Never looked back.

      • unknown@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        2 hours ago

        +1 bazzite as well. It comes with waydroid for android apps, its Linux (so WSL covered), it does have a gaming focus, it has various Virtualization tools (toolbox, box-buddy) but you can get other options depending on what you actually want.

        Don’t like it you can rebase to one of the other ostree based images from uBlue or fedora with about one command and a reboot.