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chore: remove Windows 8.1, Windows 10 LTSC and Windows Server 2012 R2 #1345

Closed flexiondotorg closed 3 months ago

flexiondotorg commented 3 months ago

Description

The patch removes support for the following versions of Windows:

Windows 8.1, which has been EOL since January 10, 2023.
Windows 10 LTSC, which is intended for large-scale, long-term enterprise deployments and makes little to no sense for a virtual machine.
- The Windows 10 LTSC support in Quickemu also lacked VirtIO and automated installation.
- Regular Windows 10 is still available in Quickemu.
Windows Server 2012 R2 which is EOL since October 10, 2023.

Type of change

[x] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
[x] Documentation (updates documentation)

Checklist:

[x] I have performed a self-review of my code
[x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
[x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation