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Cake day: June 30th, 2023

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  • All I wanted to do was install and play a Windows game outside of Steam and I tried everything the documentation and people here on Lemmy (who swore up and down that it’s the easiest thing in the world, like every Linux advocate always does) recommended for TWO WEEKS without getting this simple task accomplished before reaching “fuck this bullshit” and switching to Tiny11.




  • Do note that this system is liable to leave your computer vulnerable as it has no way to update itself from within the OS.

    Yeah, as shadowtofu points out below, you’re thinking of Tiny11 Core, which is the extra stripped down version that’s not recommended for most users.

    Tiny11 can update just fine, it just won’t nag you to immediately update all the time like regular windows does.

    I’ve been using Tiny11 as my secondary daily driver (my desktop main is stil running Windows 10) for a few months now, updating roughly once a month (with the option to do it more often if I want to) with absolutely no problems.




  • Personally, I’ve been really happy with Tiny11.

    It’s basically Windows 11 without all the bloat, spyware and other annoying anti-features. Switching from Windows 11 to Tiny11 took my 2019 ThinkPad from a boot time of over two minutes to under 10 seconds with all other performance aspects similarly improved as far as I can tell!

    It’s basically the best of all worlds as far as I’m concerned. And without financially incentivizing Microsoft to keep screwing their end users too!