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🚀 An open and transparent Windows operating system, designed to optimize performance and latency.

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Computer Speed Gains Erased by Modern Software | Jul 2023
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You could take a look at AtlasOS[0]. It's a patchset made to be applied on top of a fresh Windows 10 22H2 installation, and aims to perform many of the optimizations you've mentioned. I've been using it for about 8 months without any issues, but I still have a fresh Windows installation in a VM on hand in case of some emergency situation.

They're also currently in the process of making it easier to configure with more granularity, but the current version still allows you to toggle a lot of the important options post-installation.

[0] https://github.com/Atlas-OS/Atlas/
The Windows 11 Trash Party | Apr 2023
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Typically these are open source projects they are referring to. EG: https://github.com/Atlas-OS/Atlas
Windows 11: a spyware machine out of users' control | Feb 2023
Anybody got experience with https://github.com/Atlas-OS/Atlas ? Could be an interesting thing if it really is what it's promising.
Atlas OS: We redesigned Windows for gaming | Nov 2022
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https://github.com/Atlas-OS/Atlas:

Disclaimer

By downloading, modifying, or utilizing any of these images, you agree to Microsoft's Terms (<https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Useterms/Retail/Windows/10/U...>). None of these images are pre-activated, you must use a genuine key.

⇒ it may avoid legal issues, but I wouldn’t guarantee that (are third parties allowed to even distribute the unmodified Windows ISO?
Atlas OS: We redesigned Windows for gaming | Nov 2022
I am not a member of the team or anything. I found this on tiktok. But it is open source so I checked the github repo. They do not distribute a pre-activated image, all images need to be activated using a windows key. So in that sense all they are really distributing is a configuration of windows, that is also mostly what their github repo[1] is. But I see the issue there too as I don't think even sharing unactivated windows is allowed. But worst comes to worst, they can prepare instructions on how to install their stuff with an image downloaded from microsoft website. They are not writing a new windows, its more like they are figuring out what bloat is there in windows and removing it.

Edit: They actually already have instructions on how to use their scripts with a windows image downloaded from microsoft website [2]

[1] https://github.com/Atlas-OS/Atlas

[2] https://github.com/Atlas-OS/Atlas/blob/main/src/README.md