Give them Linux or install win11 home unlicensed and let them deal with it.

If it’s a Dell OEM machine then there’s a license built into the bios.

Giving someone Win10 ltsc is asking for trouble.

afaik the only things is the desktop watermark and being locked-out of the personalization in 'settings', so stuck with default theme, wallpaper, and so on.

registry edits or using a pre-configured custom installer can get around some (or all?) of these items.

updates will still be offered and installed.

Yeah, seconding the other person. At least give them 11 LTSC. And instead of worrying about activation, just use MASgrave to activate it and they're golden. It's a real activation as far as MS is concerned.

You can activate it for free using something like this (use scripts from the internet at your own risk). I ran a script featured in a LTT video on my partner's computer and never had a problem.