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Re: Windows 10 Debloat Script

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Post by giancarlostoro »

Kuraj wrote: post #6
giancarlostoro wrote: post #3

I tried running this and then I remembered why I stopped tweaking Windows, I wind up running into odd issues. Windows stopped being unstable for me years ago when I stopped fidgeting with features. I'm better off disabling as much as I can through the normal settings they provide. I don't know if it's just I'm doing something wrong but it's been my experience. I would love to see Windows not take up 4 gigs of RAM out…

I learned to love the defaults on everything and its liberating. Every time a new major update comes out, I do a clean install, put on Office, Visual Studio and a couple of apps and I'm good to go.

Heh I feel you, when a new Ubuntu comes out sometimes I just fresh install just cause you never know, though I have upgraded in the past. If you install Ubuntu and then want a new Desktop Environment, it doesn't feel quite right, because the original install defined defaults that the new DE isn't setting itself for / against.

On Windows I don't reformat anymore like I used to, and I used to reformat a lot because I would disable "useless" Windows services to save on RAM (back when I had 3GB of RAM, and then 8GB). When I stopped doing that, my OS was working fine for years and years.

Re: Windows 10 Debloat Script

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Post by lame-robot-hoax »

If you’re going go to all this trouble to “debloat” Windows, why not just install Fedora/Ubuntu/PopOS/Debian/Manjaro or something?

I just don’t see the point with fiddling around with little hacks trying to disable telemetry and stuff when you can just install a Linux distro and be done with it.

I mean sure depending on your use case that may not be possible, but if you don’t have a certain software or hardware limitation holding you to Windows, I really don’t see why you wouldn’t just use a Linux distro.

Re: Windows 10 Debloat Script

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Post by SquareWheel »

Kuraj wrote: post #6
giancarlostoro wrote: post #3

I tried running this and then I remembered why I stopped tweaking Windows, I wind up running into odd issues. Windows stopped being unstable for me years ago when I stopped fidgeting with features. I'm better off disabling as much as I can through the normal settings they provide. I don't know if it's just I'm doing something wrong but it's been my experience. I would love to see Windows not take up 4 gigs of RAM out…

I learned to love the defaults on everything and its liberating. Every time a new major update comes out, I do a clean install, put on Office, Visual Studio and a couple of apps and I'm good to go.

I've started embracing the defaults too. At least, when I can stand them. Having to spend all day configuring an OS is not great. I love the freedom of being able to settle into any workstation and feel comfortable with it.

Re: Windows 10 Debloat Script

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Post by octosphere »

Hmm, I wonder what happens when I combine this with other popular scripts like Make Windows 10 Great Again https://gist.github.com/IntergalacticApps/675339c2b805b4c9c6... and Reclaim-Windows10 https://github.com/alirobe/Reclaim-Windows10 is there much overlap between all three scripts or do they all work great in tandem?

Re: Windows 10 Debloat Script

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Post by codetrotter »

This still leaves a lot of undesirable stuff on your system.

Here, I prefer something like this.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/dban/files/dban/dban-2.3.0/...

Darik's Boot and Nuke — A hard drive disk wipe and data clearing utility

And then download and install KDE Neon User Edition from https://neon.kde.org/download

KDE Neon is a Linux distro based on Ubuntu.

Yes I am being a bit facetious, sorry.

But I am actually curious, how many people on HN run Windows on their computers vs the number of people that run macOS, Linux or one of the BSDs?

Re: Windows 10 Debloat Script

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Post by octosphere »

lame-robot-hoax wrote: post #12

If you’re going go to all this trouble to “debloat” Windows, why not just install Fedora/Ubuntu/PopOS/Debian/Manjaro or something? I just don’t see the point with fiddling around with little hacks trying to disable telemetry and stuff when you can just install a Linux distro and be done with it. I mean sure depending on your use case that may not be possible, but if you don’t have a certain software or hardware limit…

Some people use Windows for games. Yes, I know you can run a lot of Windows games on Linux using Wine or PlayOnLinux, but some just prefer vanilla Windows. Scripts like these are great for freeing up memory and decluttering Windows 10 specifically for running games (typically offline) as connecting Windows to the Internet is generally not a good idea.

Re: Windows 10 Debloat Script

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Post by nickjj »

FluffyKitty wrote: post #8

I have to ask, for anyone that cares this much, why bother with Windows at this point? Wouldn't it be easier to just use Linux? I know the usual argument is that you need Windows to game, but why make your gaming instance your main work instance too? Why not dual boot and use Linux for work and Windows for gaming?

Dual booting is something I used to do. It's not a fun work flow.

Having to reboot (even with an SSD) is a very destructive action because it means suddenly all of your work is shut down and unless you script a way to rebuild your environment (which never works flawlessly even with a lot of effort), you'll have to set everything up again when you come back. So even if it only took 2 seconds to dual boot, you'd still have to deal with that tear down / set up process.

But, it's also not just gaming that keeps people on Windows. For example I do screencast recording and editing where I record software dev related videos but the tools I use only run on Windows, and they can't be run in a VM because the thing I want to record is my dev environment (I use WSL in Windows).

Re: Windows 10 Debloat Script

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Post by canada_dry »

FluffyKitty wrote: post #8

I have to ask, for anyone that cares this much, why bother with Windows at this point? Wouldn't it be easier to just use Linux? I know the usual argument is that you need Windows to game, but why make your gaming instance your main work instance too? Why not dual boot and use Linux for work and Windows for gaming?

> easier to just use Linux? need Windows to game

Exactly. I have one sole system running Win10 + Steam and Linux runs all the rest of my systems. Best setup.

I still ran a similar type of debloat on my Win10 system though... just because f*ck MS and their telemetry.

Re: Windows 10 Debloat Script

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Post by bojan »

FluffyKitty wrote: post #8

I have to ask, for anyone that cares this much, why bother with Windows at this point? Wouldn't it be easier to just use Linux? I know the usual argument is that you need Windows to game, but why make your gaming instance your main work instance too? Why not dual boot and use Linux for work and Windows for gaming?

That is my set-up, but I find myself booting to Windows more often than I would like.

Some common reasons:

I need that Office document to look presentable when opened from Windows.

Skype for Business being the default, whenever there is a conference call I need Windows.

Even in 1-on-1 calls, if screen sharing is required, I need Windows.

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