well yeah, it surely is. win10 iot ltsc itself is defo getting support till 2032, but massgrave’s hwid/tsforge may get blocked at some point, though most people highly doubt that since m$ doesn’t really care at this point. (heck, the massgrave repos are hosted on m$ owned github) in addition to that, massgrave’s hwid mode generates an hwid on microsoft’s servers just like genuine windows licenses, so i’m pretty sure it’ll remain working, even if the method to generate hwid gets blocked somehow…

i do believe switching to a gnu/linux distro is a much better choice, but this is also an option if your relatives really prefer using windows or need to.

i would do vnc through tailscale or reverse ssh

massgrave.dev

i’d rather spend time actually learning and doing things instead of being an LLM slopper lol

as a student, this is much more interesting than studying

devuan is a solid distro that just works, not sure what’s your problem with that

if you have the storage, just dump the whole drive. you can then boot that windows installation again, or even use it on a vm under linux.

it’s generally a good idea to not have your home folder accessible to windows programs running under wine. other than that, i don’t see the need for an antivirus. keep your system updated, and use virustotal for the occasional suspicious file

last commit 3yrs ago… seems unmaintained

seems like they had a decent name ‘revolt’ but got some cease and desist and didn’t resist and decided to switch.

has anyone tried their iOS client? from their description it seems like it’s less mature than the android version, kinda concerning as my friend group has some iphone users.

could you recommend a good xmpp setup? i heard good things about snikket, maybe something else too?

may i ask which homeserver and client you use? it seems like synapse and element is not the best choice especially for small number of people.

if this is for privacy i’d just use the cheapest/fastest option that supports rclone and use its encrypted upload feature.

i usually use dmenu_run for starting programs, and bind a key(f11) to run xterm on mouse cursor position. not really what you’re looking for but it’s quite usable

thanks! i guess it’s pretty safe.

are there any potential dangers in running this? like someone downloading CSAM through my connection? would love to help with bandwidth, but legal troubles are quite scary…