Tiny11, the lightweight version of Windows 11 designed for older PCs, has received a new update, bringing it to version Tiny11 2311. The update includes the Windows 11 2023 Update (23H2) features, bug fixes, and cumulative updates for improved security and stability. The new version is 20% smaller than the previous release and introduces features such as Windows Copilot. Despite Windows 11's slow adoption rate, Tiny11 offers a solution for running the operating system on PCs that don't meet the strict system requirements. However, users may encounter setbacks such as blue screen errors and system instability.
Tiny11, a lightweight version of Windows 11, can be run entirely off of a GPU's VRAM, as demonstrated by NTDEV using the GpuRamDrive project. The OS was running smoothly on a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop with 4 GB VRAM, but running games may be difficult with less than 20 GB VRAM. Tiny11 can be a good alternative for users who don't have the required PC hardware to run the standard OS but are accustomed to the new Windows 11 interface and certain features.
Windows modder NTDEV has demonstrated how to create a RAM drive in your GPU's memory and run a virtual machine with Windows 11 or Tiny11, a stripped-down version of Windows 11, on it. The process is surprisingly easy and practical, with solid speeds of 2 GB/s reading and 2.5 GB/s writing, on par with PCIe 3.0 NVMe drives. The concept was demo'd on a laptop equipped with an RTX 3050 with 4 GB of GDDR6, but it should work on GPUs with more than 20 GB of VRAM.
