Windows 10 Ameliorated - Windows 10 minus the spyware plus added stability and security.

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[–]sproketboy 8 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 3 fun -  (7 children)

Plus spyware from ameliorated.info ?

[–]soyboy77 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

Yeah, I love the idea but you can't trust anybody these days...

[–]peety 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

i was wondering the same thing. how does one check if this is legit spyware free, from minisoft and any outside influences.

[–]soyboy77 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You can't unless it's open source, in which case individuals who know what they're doing have to go through the code line by line to ensure everything is kosher...

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Well, you can either find someone who could check it out thoroughly or you can build it yourself. Instructions are here: https://ameliorated.info/documentation.html

[–]soyboy77 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Or Microsoft could release Windows 10 "No Bloat Edition" but I won't be holding my breath for that... :)

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

:)

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Microsoft releasing something that is actually useful out of the box. Dream on.

[–]JasonCarswell 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (5 children)

Why bother when you can have Linux Mint?

https://LinuxMint.com

https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Mint

How to Install Linux Mint on a PC or Mac - Lifewire
https://www.Lifewire.com/install-linux-mint-4173111

https://DuckDuckGo.com/?q=Linux+Mint

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

True, but there are still people out there who want or need Windows.

[–]JasonCarswell 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

" Wine (recursive backronym for Wine Is Not an Emulator) is a free and open-source compatibility layer that aims to allow application software and computer games developed for Microsoft Windows to run on Unix-like operating systems. Wine also provides a software library, known as "Winelib", against which developers can compile Windows applications to help port them to Unix-like systems.

Wine provides its compatibility layer for Windows runtime system (also called runtime environment) which translates Windows system calls into POSIX-compliant system calls, recreating the directory structure of Windows, and providing alternative implementations of Windows system libraries, system services through wineserver and various other components (such as Internet Explorer, the Windows Registry Editor, and msiexec). Wine is predominantly written using black-box testing reverse-engineering, to avoid copyright issues. "

~ https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_(software)

https://DuckDuckGo.com/?q=Wine+on+Linux

 

Full disclosure: I'm still on Win 7 x2 but intend to migrate to Mint in my next bigger better box when I can afford the change and already have it on another secondary/third box.

I love that this Ameliorated version exists (assuming it's good and legit) as having alternatives is always good. But we need to break free from the corporatocracy including reliance on evil corporations like Microsoft and Google.

We need more DECENTRALIZATION and TRANSPARENCY with OPEN SOURCE alternatives and solutions!

We also need more communications options like B.A.T.M.A.N. and for everyone to have their own home server with their own IPFS or similar archive systems (ie. FreeNAS) to decentralize away from the corporatocracy's clouds. If everyone can have a fridge and a water heater, one more appliance won't hurt - and down the road may be a wise investment (ie. archive rewards in Filecoin).

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Wine is OK, but some software doesn't work on Linux even if you use Wine. There is CrossOver, but it is not freeware.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You can also reverse-engineer and reimplement it. I did this for an interface we needed.

It was only a small plugin but now we got what we wanted without any licensing and support issues.

Especially without any dongle-issues which were a complete harassment of the original developers for not even 2500 lines of effective c code.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Another one goes down the drain: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1243421-windows-10-ameliorated-ordered-to-cease-operations-due-to-ltt-video/

You can still build your it yourself ...

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

Furthermore, as touched upon on the main page, 94% of critical Windows 10 vulnerabilities can be mitigated by revoking administrator privileges from the default user.

Someone should make an OS where you're not the root user all the time ;)

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

This one is called debian. , e.g. :) . Just remove sudo (and the group of sudoers if you not lazy af) to be absolutely sure. I did this on all the clients i administrate and you don't even have to read the logs.

Never ever there is software that isn't under your control on your clients again. Strong passwords are key then against any issues that might be related to your paranoia.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Windows 10 has a lot of functionality built around social media and what not. And you cant really get rid of Cortana. If anyone has tried this can you remove all that bloated spyware crap?