Comment on Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission
sodamnfrolic@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week agoIt’s somehow even trickier to find a list of differences between them and regular win 11.
Comment on Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission
sodamnfrolic@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week agoIt’s somehow even trickier to find a list of differences between them and regular win 11.
Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
It’s probably hard to keep up with lol. I’ll try my best. It has Edge and Defender ONLY. No cortana, copilot, recall, candy crush bloat or anything similar, .net, vcredist, edgeview/runtime, TPM requirement, online account, secure boot, store, xbox, winget, nor widgets.
You finish the install and it is BARE. All I do post install is, in regex and gpedit, turn off telemetry.
For my use, Steam installs all the .net and vcredist as needed.
Store and Xbox and the like are available to install via power shell or downloads, but fair warning. Once you do store or M$ account sign in, copilot and recall might find a way to sneak in via updates. None of them work, and error out when you open them, but the fact they install and exist makes me uneasy.
Lumisal@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Didn’t know these customized windows os’s were still a thing. I thought they did out in the windows 7 age
But like back then, how do we know these are safe and don’t have some kind of password stealing malware? Excluding Defender specifically makes it a bit sus
Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
There’s a custom OS forum where I found it originally a year ago. Everything got scanned from virus total when uploaded and showed the report. And the guy had an excellent reputation there as well. I decided to go for it until 11 LTSC came out, and daily drove it for 2+ years issue free.
In the end, it’s up to you if you want to trust it.
Lumisal@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I think reputation is better than the virus total scan, since it wouldn’t catch malware broken up in different parts that are integrated into the OS.
I will definitely keep this in mind. Have you had any issues with the OS not having Edge? I thought it wasn’t easily possible without causing some issues.