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  • @Whirling_Cloudburst@lemmy.worldEnglish
    29•8 months ago

    My machine running Win10 LTSC is getting updates until 2029. I also have machines running Debian. There is no way I am installing the regular version of Win11. Its trash made to pander to greedy shareholders. If they take the garbage out for LTSC, I might run it.

    • @redcalciumEnglish
      2•8 months ago

      As an individual, how do you get the LTSC version legally, and how much does it cost?

      • @Whirling_Cloudburst@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1•8 months ago

        You can’t unless you form a small group like a non profit organization or a business. You can cheat the system legally going the NPO route as long as you find a way to fulfill legal requirements, but you need friends (it helps to know someone in law school too) and you have to do the legal paperwork and share all the cost. You could make a gamer NPO for example. The price to do this will vary depending on where you live. The price for the volume license can vary a lot depending on where you get it from. Where your group is located effects this. In my local it is about $200-400 USD per person.

        Your other alternative is the grey market. Its grey because it is legally ambiguous.

        • @redcalciumEnglish
          1•8 months ago

          I guess there is no legal option for individuals because Microsoft only provides LTSC option for orgs. Most guides I saw in the internet just tell you to download some iso from google drive link. You might be able to download it from Microsoft here but I haven’t actually tested it because it asks you to register your info before proceeding. Then you’ll activate it using activator scripts such as MAS or buy some grey market keys on some keys site.