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Windows privacy: AtlasOS vs Amelabs Privacy+? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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AtlasOS: https://atlasos.net/
Amelabs Privacy+: https://docs.amelabs.net/privacy/_plus.html

I use a Windows VM for apps not available on Linux and just want to cut out all the telemetry possible.

AtlasOS is installed as a Ameliorated Playbook and makes a ton of opinionated changes that aren’t privacy or necessarily performance related. Disabling the Windows 11 right click menus in favor of the legacy one, disabling window shadows, changing the wallpaper, etc. Privacy+ looks appealing, I wanna know if anyone has tried both and can tell me differences, like if one or the other improves privacy more.

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[–] Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I used to use X-lite awhile ago, but have since swapped to w11 IoT Enterprise LTSC. You can disable all the Windows telemetry since it's an Enterprise variant. It's honestly the only way to make modern Windows a solid and good experience. A fresh install will feel almost exactly like how a fresh install of XP/7 used to. It comes with Edge + Defender, that's it. No Xbox nor AI nor bloat like Candy Crush.

I seriously cannot recommend it enough.

Regardless, also using StartAllBack is like the cherry on top.

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[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

IMO they're putting makeup on a pig in both instances. I'd rather futz with WINE before I resort to a Windows VM. Some also had good success with ReactOS.

[–] TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

I Wish I could run recent photoshop and premiere versions with wine.

[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Could you please use the cross-post feature instead of making a separate post in each community? That way our front-ends can consolidate multiple cross-posts into one post instead of it being listed multiple times.

Honestly, doing it your way looks like spam. This is what I see in my feed:

[–] TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Oh sorry, I had heard that was fixed awhile ago but apparently not.

What I don't like about lemmy crossposts is having the whole post text inside block quotes, and sometimes isn't formatted properly. I think that and showing a link to the original post is bad design, like why would it matter if a post is a crosspost or not?