@NTDEV_ has released a new version of his project light windows. Tiny11 Core for ARM64 is now available for download with noticeably reduced disk capacity and improved emulation performance, especially when working on 64-bit architectures.

If you follow us regularly, you will know the basics of the external project that follows reduce to a minimum the enormous number of components, services and applications of the official Windows 11. It contains only the necessary functions in order to lighten the load. improve its performance and resource consumption, as well as allow the system to be installed on older computers, even if they do not meet the hardware requirements required by Microsoft.

Tiny11 Core for ARM64 follows in the footsteps of the latest version released for x86 architectures, Tiny11 2311, and is a good choice for testing and experimenting within a virtual machine, running a driver or a specific application. The image includes a VirtIO driver that allows direct access to the hardware in Linux without relying on slower emulated drivers.

It should be noted that “basic” versions of Tiny like this limit the system to a minimal expression, but have limitations in its execution and security, and are therefore not recommended for production workloads. As the developer explains, tiny11 Core is intended for testing with virtual machines and other “experiments”.

You can download the new version of the tiny11 kernel for ARM64 for free from the Internet Archive, as a direct download or on BitTorrent. The ISO disc image weighs in at just over 3GB and a full installation requires approx only 8 GB of storage.

If you’re looking for images to use on x86 (Intel or AMD) machines, we’ll leave you with links to the latest releases published by the developer, as well as a build-from-scratch guide in case you’d like to build those types of builds. yourself:

• Windows 11: tiny11 2311
• Windows 10: tiny10 23H2
• A guide to creating your own tiny.