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minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoWin 10 IoT LTSC 2021 is supported until 2032. the ESU is literally just security updates they will be doing anyway. if you have any windows software that can’t be replaced and needs to be online running IoT is one solution. protip: Windows runs faster under a VM in Linux than on bare metal. True facts.
minus-squarenpdean@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoNo, it doesn’t. Any VM is going to be slower than bare metal due to the host OS overhead and restrictions in some hardware access.
minus-squaretias@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoFWIW, while it’s not a VM, games for Windows do tend to have higher performance in Proton on Linux than they do in Windows 11.
Win 10 IoT LTSC 2021 is supported until 2032. the ESU is literally just security updates they will be doing anyway.
if you have any windows software that can’t be replaced and needs to be online running IoT is one solution.
protip: Windows runs faster under a VM in Linux than on bare metal. True facts.
No, it doesn’t. Any VM is going to be slower than bare metal due to the host OS overhead and restrictions in some hardware access.
FWIW, while it’s not a VM, games for Windows do tend to have higher performance in Proton on Linux than they do in Windows 11.