• unitedwithme@lemmy.today
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    3 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.

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      3 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

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          2 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.

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      3 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.

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        2 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.