I suppose that with a LTSC edition, you can still do upgrades manually, if you want them.
Another stupid issue is Microsoft forcing Edge to be used, even when I have Firefox set as default. I havenât figured that one out, yet. You canât uninstall Edge, for one.
I'm not sure. LTSC only gets security and bug fixes from its online updates. That is it. No new Microsoft features like Recall or Copilot will ever come to you from the online updates unless Microsoft Recall is part of the LTSC release from the beginning.
You can't install new features manually. You will have to update to the new LTSC release. That is the idea. If you are familiar with Linux, you can treat LTSC like Debian Stable and the Pro version like a rolling-release Arch Linux.
Okay, I get it.
Forget Linux, get a macOS machine, it will do everything and more than Linux.
Finder on macOS is fine, way better than File Explorer.
Cocoatechâs Path Finder is more advanced but not as extremely configurable as Directory Opus, but all in all macOS with just the Finder is a much nicer system than anything Windows, while Linux only have âunix going for itâ.
Except work with the best GPUs.
I assume itâs a joke.
@DavidK
You were apparently replying to my statement:
The reason was that my system storage was nearly exhausted and I wanted to solve that with a new machine.
But then I decided to try a system migration operation to another storage media on the same machine, after finding an appropriate utility to do this: How to Migrate Windows OS to an SSD or HDD? (FREE).
Fortunately, the âHot migrationâ operation worked perfectly, and now I can continue to use my eight years old Windows 10 system installation.
I still prefer using Windows 10 on the main system and using Windows 11 on secondary devices.
So the fact that the CPU on the main system is not officially Windows 11 supported is fortunate.
One of the secondary devices is the MacBook Air where I can use Windows 11 ARM in a virtual machine. That works very well.
Regards
Guido
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there is always Woker Worker file manager its a start
CLICK HERE: Link your account for priority support ? what iam on linux right now is that why my account was linked years ago my subscription might need renewing will have a look next time iam in windows 
Ehehe, yeah those ones that cost more than a computer and melt power supplies.
The Finder is fine. It has all the essentials, but sure not as hardcore as DO but way better than anything on Linux or Windows (excluding DO of course). File & Folder tagging, (since about 1990), change font sizes, expandable list view folders, Quicklook, fast FAYT that worksâŚitâs perfectly adequate for 99% of users. Add âName Manglerâ and maybe âFind any Fileâ, plus proper Unix command line & Automator scripting, it gets the job done. I did also mention Path Finder, but neither of them has the configurability to change every single colour and icon and font type.
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Yes, Directory Opus 13.18 just adopted that feature, so macOS and Finder canât be that bad. 
Regards
Guido
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i just installed DO 11 on linux itâs working fine so far⌠it just worked so happy i will play with it for a few days and come back PS (Wine 10 Stable )
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Umm, no. I donât want to overspend, and be tied into their ecosystem. Plus I donât want to install it on my system. I donât care to deal with a Hackintosh.
There should be a Kickstarter for a Linux version.
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Has anybody tried using DOpus on Linux with WinBoat? https://www.winboat.app/
It promises full compatibility with desktop applications including Linux file system access.
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Have to look into that one.
Professional Linux users pay for software at a larger percentage rate than users from other operating systems. Still, that doesn't mean too much when looking at absolute numbers.
However, I suspect that in 2025 more Windows people will make the jump to either Mac or Linux. And most of those will be professionals, as, for example, AI development is far easier on either Linux or Mac, than it is on Windows. More performant too.
But a lot of those people come from Windows, with a Windows mindset and use of "their" GUI tooling. For someone who grew up with Linux, the terminal and GUI managers will be ok for their file-management needs. But for someone used to Directory Opus, those tools are a very poor excuse for file-management.
Yes, there are many distributions, but almost all derived from distros Debian, Red Hat or Arch. A container format like .AppImage (not Snap or Flatpak) would solve the problem of interoperability between those different distros.
Still, GPSoftware isn't a large company, hence capacity to branch out to Linux is severely hampered with the people already available and probably not worth it to invest in adding Linux capability at this time.
Although....with something like Claude Code or similar AI in the cloud or even local, it could be possible to convert and maintain a Linux version of DO. I don't assume there is a lot of "boiler-plate" code incorporated into DO, but the bigger models sure are capable of investigating Windows-based code and generate similar code that works on Linux and/or Mac.
Anyway, I already dislike any Windows computer that does not have DO installed. Around 2020 people started to work from home. So did I. But through a hardware mishap out of my control, I ended up having to use a Linux laptop for a year. And I did so without hardly needing to adapt my workflow. As 85% of all the tools I use at work, had Linux native versions. The only thing I missed on Linux was DO.
Then the company I work for changed their VPN server software and there wasn't an acceptable version of the Linux VPN client software, so I had to purchase a new laptop with Windows 11 to be able to install the correct version of the VPN client software.
Let's remain Windows 11 sure isn't my favorite version of Windows. DO makes it almost tolerable. I gave my Linux laptop away to a single mother in my friend group as her laptop was stolen not long after I bought my W11 laptop.