• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    A non pirate solution is Windows Server Essentials 2022. It’s like $300, has zero bloat and updates don’t ever hijack your settings. Oh and you’ll get over 10 years of security patches.

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      11 months ago

      does Windows Server Essentials comes with a desktop GUI? Can you install Steam and things like that like you’d normally do in Windows?

      I’m happy with Linux, but my brother who is a gamer has Windows but he’s annoyed af by updates and the AI nonsense. This seems like a perfect solution.

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        11 months ago

        Yes it is regular Windows but stripped of all the consumer apps like TikTok and CandyCrush. It has one extra app: Server Manager (A GUI like Control Panel with buttons to disk manager, device manager etc) which loads at startup and is easily disabled.