The Windows OS Thread - Formerly THE OS for gamers and normies, now sadly ruined by Pajeets

[(Physiognamy Czech)]

I was planning to use microwin from that chris titus guy on a new build, but I've heard it's a little unstable or could cause problems down the road. Is that just FUD? I don't love the idea of running youtuber scripts but if it's legit I might try it.

Besides that I looked at Rufus and from what I can tell that seems basically 100% stable. But is Rufus even worth trying if I'd have to manually go through and debloat everything anyway? At that point I might just go through the OOBE without internet for a local account. Any insight would be appreciated.

I just want a clean and reasonably private fucking windows install, which I know is kind of an oxy moron. Also no, I'm not interested in spending forever learning linux and wrestling with compatibility all the time.

 

[Betonhaus]

I was planning to use microwin from that chris titus guy on a new build, but I've heard it's a little unstable or could cause problems down the road. Is that just FUD? I don't love the idea of running youtuber scripts but if it's legit I might try it.

Besides that I looked at Rufus and from what I can tell that seems basically 100% stable. But is Rufus even worth trying if I'd have to manually go through and debloat everything anyway? At that point I might just go through the OOBE without internet for a local account. Any insight would be appreciated.

I just want a clean and reasonably private fucking windows install, which I know is kind of an oxy moron. Also no, I'm not interested in spending forever learning linux and wrestling with compatibility all the time.

LTSC IoT?

 

[Slav Power]

Is that just FUD?

It can be due to it basically ripping stuff out of the ISO, and by extension the OS, and I know that in my experience it was buggy, but idk how much better it is nowadays. Alternatively, like Betonhaus said, LTSC IoT is a good compromise. Sure it's still a bit bloaty, but it's an Enterprise version that's designed not to break whenever Microshaft decides to push out a big update with new features, so at the very least it should be stable. Not super lightweight fast or super duper private, but stable, and at this point that's the least you want from an OS.