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Has anyone used AtlasOS? (atlasos.net)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Dymonika@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org

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This is really intriguing, but am I reading the instructions correctly? Call me dumb, but I don't know how to reinstall Win10 Home; I don't have a recovery CD or anything like that. I'd also need to back up everything first... which would be a pain...

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[–] Imprint9816@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I generally would recommend staying away from third party modified versions of Windows. This would be especially true for OP as you seem to be a relatively inexperienced user.

Usually the security risk isnt worth whatever they offer and most of the time any features they offer could usually be accomplished within standard Windows.

[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I heard (back when it was featured on Linus tech tips), that it completely disabled Windows defender. Big red flag IMO.

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It did and they received mountains of flack for it, before adding it back.

I used it for a while before I just stopped fucking with Windows entirely, and did not care because it was an exclusive gaming PC, and that's what Atlas' stated intent is.

[–] michael_palmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 7 months ago

It's optional