AtlasOS is an optimized version of Windows, designed for enthusiasts and gamers. Experience faster performance, better privacy, and enhanced gaming capabilities.
  • unitedwithme@lemmy.today
    14·
    9 days ago

    I’d prefer to strip things out myself.

    No telemetry, no AI, no store, disable about 30 unnecessary services. I can make Win11 run ~110 processes (down from ~160) and idle at about 2GB RAM vs 6+. It takes about 30 minutes to so so on a fresh install, but it’s worth doing if I absolutely need windows.

    • Zerush@lemmy.mlOP
      4·
      8 days ago

      Same as I do, the main issue in Windows is a ton of crap and some innecessary telemetries which it has by default. But as said, you can gut it. Installing Portmaster and using it in peace

        • Zerush@lemmy.mlOP
          2·
          8 days ago

          Yes, but a lot of people need to use Windows for several reasons and because of this to alleviate the disadvantages of an proprietary soft.

    • Echo5@lemmy.world
      1·
      8 days ago

      Do you run your own commands or use a program? I recently started using Windows Shut Up! and Winhance and that appears to be a good one two combo for mostly stripping bloat and blocking telemetry.

      • unitedwithme@lemmy.today
        2·
        8 days ago

        Just do it manually. I’ve done it enough it’s second nature anymore. CLI takes too much time to remember the scripts or exact verbiage.

        Otherwise, I used to is the windows ultimate tweak tool from windows 7 era, it’s updated to Win11. I recommend that for friends and family remotely when I can’t help or connect in.

    • prenatal_confusion@feddit.org
      1·
      8 days ago

      Unlike custom Windows ISOs, Atlas is more straightforward to audit due to the use of AME Wizard. AME Wizard is controlled by Playbooks, a customizable script-esque system that can perform various tasks.

      Playbooks are renamed .zip archives, with the password malte. As they primarily consist of plain text, Playbooks enable transparency, unlike custom Windows ISOs, which have many entry points for malicious activity.

      The few binaries in the Playbook are open source in our utilities repository, with the hashes listed here.

      Although the GUI is not open source for AME Wizard, AME Wizard’s entire backend (called TrustedUninstaller) is open source under MIT, which contains each action used to run Atlas. The Atlas Playbook is open source under the GPLv3 license.