Re: Before Dimdows 10 Goes EOL, I'm Testing Linux To Save My Laptop From The Landfill

On 2025/6/28 23:56:54, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Sat, 28 Jun 2025 13:10:56 -0700, T wrote:

On 6/28/25 12:10 PM, Joel wrote:

It's not FUD, it's the truth, we have real questions about the
security of Tiny11 in production use with Internet.

No it is FUD.

https://www.auslogics.com/en/articles/what-is-tiny11-install-tiny-windows-11-to-lightweight-your-os/

Legitimate company

Legitimate description

Legitimate author

Not a legitimate use of Microsoft’s Intellectual Property, though.

Can you say “software piracy”?

 From my (admittedly quick) scan of what's said (by auslogics and LD'O),
it would appear to me that:

1. It uses M$'s own configuration utility - but has automated the
progress for you to a large extent, removing a lot of things that a lot
of people don't want.

2. It does NOT remove the need for activation.

(I'm just watching from the sidelines for the moment; at present, I have
no intention of moving this machine [8G, 447G] from 10, even well after
EOS; I ran both XP and 7 for many years after their individual EOSs. I'm
only on 10 because I have to use something that wouldn't run under 7-32;
I can't _remember_ why I moved from XP. [Come to think of it, I used
98SE - actually 98SElite, which had similarities to tiny11 - well into
the XP era. XP _did_ win on things like better USB support.])
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