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What you oughta know

The mad scientists at NTDEV havereleased Tiny11 Core.

It is not a replacement for tiny11!

Tiny11 Core shrinks Windows 11 to 2GB Generated by AI - Image of Windows 11 shrunk to 2GB

Tiny11 Core shrinks Windows 11 to 2GB

It has a different purpose: to be a quick-and-dirty testbed or development platform.

Here are some of the core Windows 11 components that were disabled in Tiny11 Core.

Running Windows without Defender or Windows Update enabled in a production environment would be extremely unwise.

Windows Start menu changes

DISMTools for Windows 11

Microsoft Store

Windows 365 Link device

Binary code displayed on a laptop screen and Guy Fawkes mask are seen in this illustration photo.

Windows 11 clean install

Windows 11 system features

Windows 11 Start menu

Windows 11 battery usage

Copilot Vision for Windows announcement

Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 deal

Promotional screenshot of characters from Zenless Zone Zero

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The Crew

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