Question Tiny 11 - Safe and Secure or Unknown ?

[QuirkyRobot]

Thinking of installing Tiny11 on my Steam Deck. You all have any thoughts about the safety and security of Tiny11 since it isnt an official MS release?

 

[Colif]

I find mixed answers, some say Defender does work and others say it doesn't.
It appears many updates aren't included and only way to get them is with a new ISO release

De-Bloated Windows 11 Build Runs on 2GB of RAM

Tiny11 uses 8GB of disk space, compared to 20GB+ for the standard install.

www.tomshardware.com

How To Install Tiny 11 And Is It Safe? (Windows 11 Lite)

Tiny 11 is a project from NTDev based on Windows 11 Pro 22h2 and comes with most of the better elements of Windows 11 while leaving out the..

silicophilic.com

Dev explains why Tiny11 Windows is so tiny yet secure despite no TPM, Secure Boot

A bloatware-free Windows 11, dubbed Tiny11, was released earlier today which has extremely modest system requirements. The developer of the mod has now addressed various doubts and concerns of people.

www.neowin.net

I wouldn't put it on a critical system

 

[QuirkyRobot]

Makes sense. Too bad there isnt large open source group maintaining a tiny windows distro

 

[ubuysa]

I would not trust any version of Windows that doesn't come from Microsoft, you have no idea what else you might be getting. In any case, I think you'll find that it's a violation of the EULA...

2. Installation and Use Rights.
c. Restrictions. The device manufacturer or installer and Microsoft reserve all rights (such as rights under intellectual property laws) not expressly granted in this agreement and no other rights are licensed to you. For the avoidance of doubt, this license does not give you any right to, and you may not (and you may not permit any other person or entity to):

(ii) publish, copy (other than the permitted backup copy), rent, lease, or lend the software;
(iii) transfer the software (except as permitted by this agreement);
(iv) work around any technical restrictions or limitations in the software;

 

[Colif]

Microsoft don't approve of it, that is for sure. Fact its runs on unsupported hardware is a bit of a clue. It doesn't require a TPM for starters. That is the last thing they would remove from an OS.

Its also true you have no idea what might have been added into it as well.

If our writers hadn't written an article on it, I wouldn't be sitting on fence about it.