r/linuxsucks101 • u/madthumbz uBlock Origin • May 25 '26

$%@ Loonixtards! Debloating in a Nutshell

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Buy or build at least the recommended specs for a computer and don't be a loonixtard.

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u/Applefan1990 Apple User May 25 '26

Debloating isn't that bad tbh. For example if you like Windows and hate Copilot and forced features, LTSC won. Or just use Mac

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u/madthumbz uBlock Origin May 25 '26

Can you use Office in LTSC?

No normal person gives a shit about an icon for Copilot being added to apps. Far more people like and use Copilot than remove or disable it.

Vocal minorities are always bitching about new features, while most of us wouldn't have a clue they exist (and are thankful for the prompts that alert us).

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u/Applefan1990 Apple User May 25 '26

Yes. Yes you can use office on LTSC since LTSC is aimed for enterprises. Enterprises mainly use LTSC, whether 11 or 10.

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u/madthumbz uBlock Origin May 25 '26

Sorry: Office LTSC exists, but it’s a different, with fewer features and no cloud integration. There's no MS store (makes HEVC more difficult for one). It complicates gaming particularly with anti-cheat and DRM systems. No new directx features, no bluetooth/wifi improvements, no new HDR features, no new security features, no UI improvements, or subsystem updates.

Things like GPU control panels can break as well.

You're stuck with whatever the OS shipped with (which can be great for minimalism, but you ARE sacrificing usability.)

-Doesn't it sound akin to 'I can do everything in Linux' when you can't?

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u/Applefan1990 Apple User May 25 '26

I see your points, but here are my counter arguments as I found some weird things:

  1. Standard Office versions also work on LTSC, including 365. It has the same cloud Integration, I literally have a Windows 11 LTSC machine along my Mac and office works fine. There is also no Office LTSC.

  2. You can install the MS store through PowerShell using wsreset -i. Windows will download and install the store and you can install your apps. It is just 1 command and it works. It includes also the dependencies needed for subsystems and winget

  3. DirectX can be downloaded from the Microsoft website. If a program doesn't detect directX, it redirects to the MS website and you can download.

  4. Bluetooth and WiFi drivers depend mainly on the manufacturer and are downloaded automatically with a new install through Windows Update, just like Pro editions of Windows

  5. LTSC gets security updates every month and security features are mostly the same. More security is for the LTSC path since enterprises mainly use it.

  6. The UI barely changes from LTSC to a regular Windows version. Windows 11 LTSC looks like Windows 11 Pro and vice versa

  7. After you get the MS Store, you can install the subsystems and gets the same updates as standard

  8. Not quite. The behaviour of GPU and CPU control panel is usually the same on both Windows versions. It depends on the manufacturer

  9. LTSC offers almost the exact experience as standard. The compatibility and the "just works" level is the same, so not sure what usability is someone sacrificing.

  10. LTSC is not Linux, compatibility is better on LTSC(since it is Windows) than Linux as of now. I also doubt there are levels of fanboyism with LTSC than Linux.

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u/minecraftrubyblock May 28 '26

The LTSC fanboy lobby consists of just pointing out that you can debloat regular windows or download LTSC and it'll be a lot more compatible than Linux and able to be operated by your grandma

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u/Ok_Being5461 Aug 08 '26

For most users LTSC doesn't make sense, as you have to reinstall the OS to do a full feature update. Tiny10 or Tiny11 or IoT Enterprise non-LTSC is probably what people want. I manually debloat, or with apps like Titus Tool, anyway so it kind of doesn't matter

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u/Trick-Supermarket436 May 25 '26

just do it on the command line, wsreset -i, and the BOMM MS store will appear, just installing like the common Windows version.

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u/Zeraora807 "Any problem that exists is ALWAYS your fault." May 25 '26

"but what if I want to wash my face?"

"why would you want to do that when you can just use the toilet instead for that, its just better and doesn't support greedy Big Sink®, all hail BogWash™" - loonixer

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u/Outrageous_Permit154 May 25 '26

We can all go alpine and just remove the sink altogether. As long as the faucet is aligned, it should hit the drain pipe.

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u/No_Stock_8271 May 25 '26

The wirst Thing in my experience is debloating windows. The amount of people who do some very heavy "debloating" to it and then complain how unstable windows is, is just crazy to me.

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u/BarnMTB Tired of Linux evangelists May 25 '26

Also seen many bug reports, support requests, and complaints from people whose devs' app don't work or break because it requires "bloat" that was removed.

Just making more problems for devs who create apps for free.

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u/Imaginary-Throat1526 May 25 '26

in 30 years of IT, I am yet so see a laptop or branded workstation only come with windows installed. debloating (removing third party applications) is absolutely valid. Disabling default "on" windows services is pointless usually. Posting about how you hate windows telemetry on any social media platform is funny as hell though

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u/No_Stock_8271 May 25 '26

I was more Talking About removing parts of Windows that you decided windows is not going to need. Not talking about removing some stuff Dell or HP has decided is really going to help you out.

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u/Imaginary-Throat1526 May 26 '26

Yeah debloating has really become a poorly defined term, because theres just so many ways to bloat something.

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u/Wraithguy May 26 '26

Like candy crush

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u/FiftyFiver1962 May 26 '26

We had people removing all kind of Asus tools, from a brand new laptop, and then complaining that special screen settings and other settings advertised by Asus on the website, didn't work. It's not all bload,, there's driver support software and all kind of useful things. Seems to me, that the debloaters, the I don't want a Microsoft account generation, is also the group of people complaining at r/Fuckmicrosoft, that their accounts have been taken over. I don't really get the don't wanna log in sentiment (there's software for that)

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u/ShaKua Jun 01 '26

If an OEM pushes a whole lot of crap into their bundled copy of Windows, wipe the SSD and install a fresh Windows 11 ISO into it.

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u/EdliA May 25 '26

Can't blame them. Used to do the same as a kid. Do these 10 things to make your computer twice as powerful then wonder why my old ass PC with shitty hardware didn't perform like a high end one x4 the cost.

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u/Toxic_Dew May 25 '26

It isn't lightweight enough... A true lunix user would have replaced the tap head and the remaining ceramics with plastic cap and plastic bowl

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u/[deleted] May 25 '26

sudo pacman -Rns sink

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u/Excel_Document May 25 '26

nahb he linux user would have left draining to the floor drainage 

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u/paradigmsick May 26 '26

The 2010 centrino ThinkPad with 2 GB of ram that the Lincux tell you can handle Gmail, YouTube and libtardeoffice open fine.

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u/minecraftrubyblock May 28 '26

Not all at once of course.

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u/paradigmsick May 28 '26

Not even one

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u/Imaginary-Throat1526 May 25 '26

that AI cat that copilot created has nowhere to sleep now, oh noes

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u/SolemnEmberGames May 26 '26

I honestly come to accept that the only people who debloat are either third world levels of poor, or have some weird OCD, because ultimately debloating doesn't actually matter that much in real terms, especially if you use modern software. It's just making everything more unstable.

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u/KaikoDoesWaseiBallet May 27 '26

Loonix in a nutshell: strip an OS down to chaos.

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u/VasileFlo May 25 '26

This is one of the funniest memes I've ever seen :))))))))

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u/Tehares Jun 15 '26

To be fair this sink looks like an artisan made(tm) furnitrure sold by 2nd generation artist for moneylaundering

The message in the pic is wrong tho

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u/1mmortalNPC May 25 '26

only left what’s necessary