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If my pc wasn’t broken right now (RIP 3080 FE), I’d have installed this OS this weekend to play around with it
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Atlas OS: Windows without the clutter
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To be fair this one does have a GitHub repository so you can look through what it does.
I've only had a quick skim through it due to lack of time but it seems to be doing pretty standard stuff, some stuff i would disable, some stuff i wouldn't and could cause problem if you don't know it set a particular policy and wanted to use something it's disabled. But that's what you get typically get when you depend on others to 'tweak' your OS for you.
e: For example i wouldn't get rid of Windows defender, most of what i does is overkill IMO but i still keep the Realtime monitoring enabled and it couldn't be easier to disable the stuff you don't want. Powershell Get-MpPreference will list all the settings and Set-MpPreference can be used to enable/disable them.
I've only had a quick skim through it due to lack of time but it seems to be doing pretty standard stuff, some stuff i would disable, some stuff i wouldn't and could cause problem if you don't know it set a particular policy and wanted to use something it's disabled. But that's what you get typically get when you depend on others to 'tweak' your OS for you.
e: For example i wouldn't get rid of Windows defender, most of what i does is overkill IMO but i still keep the Realtime monitoring enabled and it couldn't be easier to disable the stuff you don't want. Powershell Get-MpPreference will list all the settings and Set-MpPreference can be used to enable/disable them.
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Yeah it’s fully open source so it’s safer than a lot of other apps.
Soldato
I dont know Atlas OS has GitHub repository.
I was read posts in Atlas OS forum months ago found lots of apps and games did not worked with Atlas OS. I decided it not worthy bothered to tested it so I tested Tiny11 instead.
I found Tiny11 has GitHub repository.
github.com
I was read posts in Atlas OS forum months ago found lots of apps and games did not worked with Atlas OS. I decided it not worthy bothered to tested it so I tested Tiny11 instead.
I found Tiny11 has GitHub repository.
GitHub - ntdevlabs/tiny11builder: Scripts to build a trimmed-down Windows 11 image.
Scripts to build a trimmed-down Windows 11 image. Contribute to ntdevlabs/tiny11builder development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
Soldato
I clicked on profile, the developer is NTDEV.
ntdevlabs - Overview
Hi there, it's NTDEV! ntdevlabs has 3 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
github.com
NTDEV is the same person who developed Tiny11 and Tiny11builder. Interesting I now found he is from Romania.
I checked his twitter, on 15 February he released the first Tiny11 version for ARM64 CPUs and on 15 April he released first Live11 version to boot Windows 11 4GB live image run from USB or DVD, it worked with MBR and future update will add UEFI support. Great for emergency disk to recover data from failed boot or to run portable apps.
Live11 is very interesting, download it and test now.
Soldato
This is very interesting
Soldato
Linus said Windows Update did not worked on Atlas OS so Windows Update worked fine on both Tiny11 and Ghost Spectre Windows 11 I tested.
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Soldato
Don’t believe OP had that video in the post originallyDid you watched the video in OP first post?
That is the same video OP posted in first post.
Linus said Windows Update did not worked on Atlas OS so Windows Update worked fine on both Tiny11 and Ghost Spectre Windows 11 I tested.
I added the video to the original post to make it easier for people to see it and not have to trawl through the whole thread
Personally I'd be more worried about Windows update and Defender being disabled, Ryzen is less susceptible and I'm not in the habit of running sketchy software.
I get the appeal of modifying Windows to disable/remove a lot of the guff and for people who are short on time i even get the appeal of using a version of Windows that someone else has modified, having said that i still think you're better off modifying it yourself as at least then you know what's been removed/disabled and can decide for yourself if you personally want/need something.
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Defender being disabled is a big no for me - though lately MS seem to be bent on making that useless as well - it keeps identifying perfectly harmless code I've created myself as malware and sometimes even straight up deleting it without trace (I assume a bug). Another reason I keep my main desktop on Windows 7 because the OS doesn't interfere with what I'm doing or at least not without giving you options.
Windows update though their approach needs to die a death, sadly I see that approach starting to become more common as well such as the update to the Google Play Protect which executively removes app permissions without any options to control it... far too many programmers/developers lacking broad experience/vision and need to pull their heads out their arse.
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That video makes my i5-7500 sad, as their machine has an i5-7400.
Though Windows 10 performs fine on my machine and I'm not sure I experience as much "chugging" as he does.
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That video makes my i5-7500 sad, as their machine has an i5-7400.
Though Windows 10 performs fine on my machine and I'm not sure I experience as much "chugging" as he does.
Windows 10 can be kind of weird like that - I pulled an old laptop out the other day for a server type task I needed which has an 4 core/8 thread Sandy Bridge era CPU, upgraded the main OS HDD to an SSD and stuck 32GB of RAM in there (not really the point but still) and Windows 10 so far has been fairly non-intrusive, actually performs better than the previous Windows 7 installation on there (though 110% needs WUB to be useful
). Actually less "chugging", etc. than I see on my 10870H w/ 32GB and fast NVME laptop with Windows 10.My dads Ryzen 2600 desktop generally runs pretty smoothly with 10 as well.
On the other hand there are plenty of systems I have 10 on where it literally drives you to wanting to take a hammer to it...
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Right now I prefer Windows 10 to Window 11. The new Windows Explorer looks fugly, the new Settings feels less efficient and looks more complicated than 10, file associations are a nightmare, the horrible right click menus.Windows 10 can be kind of weird like that - I pulled an old laptop out the other day for a server type task I needed which has an 4 core/8 thread Sandy Bridge era CPU, upgraded the main OS HDD to an SSD and stuck 32GB of RAM in there (not really the point but still) and Windows 10 so far has been fairly non-intrusive, actually performs better than the previous Windows 7 installation on there (though 110% needs WUB to be useful
My dads Ryzen 2600 desktop generally runs pretty smoothly with 10 as well.
On the other hand there are plenty of systems I have 10 on where it literally drives you to wanting to take a hammer to it...
Though, as Microsoft confirms 22H2 is the final Windows 10 version, I realise that I'm on borrowed time and should probably try to adopt. The biggies for me are Windows Explorer and Settings though.