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Windows 10 LTSC – the version that won't expire for years (go.theregister.com)
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[–] stardustsystem@lemmy.world 51 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've been using 10 LTSC for a few months now, it works great with the few Windows-only apps I still use. I mainly use it to organize my media library, but it's not had any problems with the few games I've installed with Kernel-level anti-cheat (Destiny 2, Delta Force)

I had to download the Xbox Accessories app to control my Elite controller, but that's really it.

[–] cmhe@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You might likely run into issues with GPU (and other) windows drivers, which might stop supporting old windows 10 versions. At least that happened already with LTSC/LTSB. I expect this to happen especially when ordinary windows 10 EOL is reached.

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Is that much of a big deal though? Running old GPU drivers is fine, other than maybe if you like playing the latest AAA games down the road.

I mean eventually it will be an issue, but for a long time I imagine they will work just fine.

[–] cmhe@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Well, it just depends on your use-case. Sometimes new games or applications require newer drivers or directly a newer Windows version. This is something you just have to be aware of.

At least that was a reason I switched LTSC Windows over to Enterprise for some people.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I've certainly had games stop working with older drivers. Older games, even.

But maybe.

Personally I just moved to Linux with Proton, but is not for everyone.