Tiny11 is brought up-to-date with the addition of features from the Windows 11 2023 Update (23H2). This makes the storage-friendly variant of Windows 11 even more compact and smart with the addition of Copilot. Is Tiny11 suitable for your PC?
The lightweight Tiny11 is renewing to version Tiny11 2311. The update for Tiny11 comes a few weeks after the release of Windows 11 2023 Update (23H2). Therefore, it is basically a rollout of the same new features but to a different operating system.
Therefore, the biggest change will be the arrival of Copilot. This AI assistant is woven into every piece of the operating system, but for Tiny11 this is only true for users that installed Edge. Furthermore, the design of Explorer and Settings changed. In addition, the speed of the search engine gets a boost that should not go unnoticed by users. Then the update offers new support, now of .rar folders and passkeys. We provide an overview of the new features in the blog below.
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Compact version
The Windows 11 image itself deserves a word of explanation. The operating system is a variant of the standard version of Windows 11 and is not released by Microsoft. Developer Ntdev is behind the release and also provides updates to keep the variant on track with the official OS.
Tiny11 became available in February of this year, so it followed almost a year after the release of the total operating system. The main feature of the modified version is its compactness. Upon release in February, the required storage counted only 8GB, which is less than half of Windows 11. With the latest update, the OS shrinks by another 20 percent.
For all Windows 10 users
Microsoft is imposing a list of hefty system requirements before installing Windows 11. In fact, laptops that shipped with the pre-installed Windows 10 quickly are in many cases, not suitable for Windows 11. Installing Tiny11, meanwhile, will not be a problem for these PCs due to the sharp reduction in required storage capacity and other hardware requirements.
However, the compact variant is not an official Microsoft product. This may pose security implications. The latest variant of Tiny11 does take on these concerns. For example, the system is now “fully serviceable,” meaning that Microsoft’s small, monthly updates are now immediately transmitted to Tiny11 and installed automatically. Users can, with this update, no longer forget to download these updates, which often revolve around fixing security issues.
Still, the variant remains the work of a developer who has customized the official OS. Therefore, it is not free of security risks. These may be a side effect of tinkering with Windows 11 or were deliberately delivered by the developer. Especially in a corporate context, approval will be required before removing the official Windows installation.
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