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Win11Debloat is a simple script that removes pre-installed windows bloatware

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Re: Win11Debloat is a simple script that removes pre-installed windows bloatware

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Post by nerdjon »

mschuster91 wrote: post #35
Black616Angel wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, then they tell you about all the not-working AAA-games they boycott and why that somehow hinders them of using Linux, which they by the way already tried in 1995 and it didn't work out back then so why should it now?

Hasn't Steam Deck pretty much solved that problem by shoveling such insane amounts of money into Wine/Proton that it is able to pretty much run everything you want in terms of games?

Unfortunately very much not the case.

There are still a lot of issues playing games outside of Steam, and not every game is available in steam.

As someone else said there are some issues with anticheat (but some do work).

It is also not unheard of for a game to have an update and it break the proton compatibility. Meaning anyone who wants to play the game has to wait for proton to update with a fix.

But also, not every game on Steam works either.

Re: Win11Debloat is a simple script that removes pre-installed windows bloatware

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Post by Semaphor »

causi wrote: post #9
Belphemur wrote: post #2

I have a love and hate relationship with this type of tools. On one hand, I want to remove all that I don't need and keep my privacy on my computer; on the other I don't want to have to fiddle and google why the Windows update failed. Because, I stopped counting how many times one of those registry changes/app removal actually broke Windows update. In the end, I just run other software like StartAllBack that I can ea…

How's StartAllBack compare to other software like Start11?

Afaik is the only one that supports a vertical sidebar.

Re: Win11Debloat is a simple script that removes pre-installed windows bloatware

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Post by cobertos »

layer8 wrote: post #52
cobertos wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which parts are a mess? I don't think I could use Linux if it weren't for Linux Mint/Cinnamon specifically, as I haven't had good experiences with other desktop enviroments. It has one or two quirks, but at this point it's far less quirks than a fresh Windows install and the list of config options I had to change/the .reg file I started accumulating

> Which parts are a mess? Usability conventions between GUI applications. Keyboardability. GUI automation à la AutoHotKey. Font rendering. X vs. Wayland.

Ah, I relate with some of these. Though, most of it has just been intermittent annoyances. There are things I've been able to do with X and xdotool I wouldn't have been able to do on Windows. GUI conventions have all been sane, but most things I use were things I ran on Windows (Krita, Insomnia, Discord, Obsidian, etc).

Honestly, no more or less problems than Windows. But I've found it so much easier to debug by having readily available logs and man pages. I think this might just be my use cases though.

Re: Win11Debloat is a simple script that removes pre-installed windows bloatware

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Post by brian_herman »

bhouston wrote: post #56
mellosouls wrote: post #41

Had a quick skim. Hmm, Teams, OneNote and Remote Desktop considered bloatware, gaming apps not. Not sure of the target demographic for this. Perhaps worth considering very carefully before running in productivity or office environments, assuming you have access.

Yeah, I agree. I think games do count as bloat generally, so should be removed by default. Maybe have a few more questions in the custom mode: - Remove Teams - Remove OneNote - Remove RemoteDesktop - Remove Games I would answer yes to all the above but Remote Desktop. A GUI with a tree view would be best for the custom mode. Then you can drill into the categories.

Try this it has a gui its called sophia app. https://github.com/Sophia-Community/SophiApp

Re: Win11Debloat is a simple script that removes pre-installed windows bloatware

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Post by anaisbetts »

mellosouls wrote: post #41

Had a quick skim. Hmm, Teams, OneNote and Remote Desktop considered bloatware, gaming apps not. Not sure of the target demographic for this. Perhaps worth considering very carefully before running in productivity or office environments, assuming you have access.

It also removes the Video player which is odd because like, I feel like that kinda should be built into an OS?

Re: Win11Debloat is a simple script that removes pre-installed windows bloatware

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Post by n4te »

anaisbetts wrote: post #67
mellosouls wrote: post #41

Had a quick skim. Hmm, Teams, OneNote and Remote Desktop considered bloatware, gaming apps not. Not sure of the target demographic for this. Perhaps worth considering very carefully before running in productivity or office environments, assuming you have access.

It also removes the Video player which is odd because like, I feel like that kinda should be built into an OS?

No, no it shouldn't.
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