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| System Name | Multiple - Win7, Win10, Kubuntu |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Core i7 3820 OC@ 4.0 GHz |
| Motherboard | Asus P9X79 |
| Cooling | Noctua NH-L12 |
| Memory | Corsair Vengeance 32GB 1333MHz |
| Video Card(s) | Sapphire ATI Radeon RX 480 8GB |
| Storage | Samsung SSD: 970 EVO 1TB, 2x870 EVO 250GB,860 Evo 250GB,850 Evo 250GB, WD 4x1TB, 2x2TB, 4x4TB |
| Display(s) | Asus PB328Q 32' 1440p@75hz |
| Case | Cooler Master CM Storm Trooper |
| Power Supply | Corsair HX750, HX550, Galaxy 520W |
| Mouse | Multiple, Razer Mamba Elite, Logitech M500 |
| Keyboard | Multiple - Lenovo, HP, Dell, Logitech |
Hi
I'm looking for some serious contributors if they want to cooperate on such a project, I believe Win10 in it's current state is a useless OS, I just don't like it at all, it doesn't even allow me to stop basic services because of some stupid "we assume that you are too stupid to know what you're doing" error message, or such kindergarden nonsense, should be removed, forcefully if necessary.
I will not go into detail because I can't waste time for people who just give it a little thought and move on, that is reserved only for serious people who will jump onboard and stick with the project for at least several months, their contributions will be credited, you don't have stick with it forever or too long.
General Overview:
Here are only the highlights of some of the main changes:
Frequent Updates won't be needed once Win10 stabilizes and reaches the feature level that will be future proof, an optimal ISO has to be picked as a source, key features yet to be clarified are HDR and Rec 2020, I read that these may be part, but it is still some months before Redstone 2 is final, and even then I would wait some time to see if a huge bug is discovered in the days or weeks after.
Forget about Game Mode, that is a gimmick, all they do is stop some services, put some processes to suspend, and raise the game exe process priority. At least that's the 1.0 behavior, if they manage to significantly improve performance then they would be purposelly hampering things on non-game mode to make the game-mode gimmick look better for marketing purposes.
Or they may do something wilder, but probably some way the OS manages old Win32 apps and maybe does some DLL injecting, then it would be another story.
This ISO will already be set for max performance as default. But obviously something like Game-Mode won't be removed, if it's not a privacy or productivity or any annoyance issue it won't get removed.
Updates aren't that important, most of them are security measures and other gimmicks that don't mean much, if you use this ISO for personal, private and financial dealings then you have no validity to complain, you're doing that at your own risk and peril, I will not personally spend much time on improving security, but I will not be purposelly hampering it nor denying any slight improvement or compromise.
Primary goal is productivity and getting gimmicks out of our way.
"No update" complaints will also be considered invalid, I updated my Win7 only twice in the last 3 years, I got more problems than benefits. I believe this is a security theater, if some serious hackers wants to come into your PC, they will one way or another.
Plus updating an existing install was always buggy and crappy on windows and continues to be so, it is a waste of time. It is simpler, cleaner, more reliable to reinstall the OS completely in order to move to a new version.
Unfortunately with this mod, simply moving to a new source version will not be easy, it is basically recreating the mod, hopefully moving as much as possible, infact it will be faster because a lot can be reapplied without modification, but it still has to be checked if it works or not, so frequent updates would practically not be possible, unless you have a team of 10-20 paid workers.
But if you are serious about wanting to use such a version of the OS, you can help as well even if you don't know specifically about Windows modding, I don't either, but I started preparing and reading up on the SDK tools, I can teach you and give you tasks if you don't know what to in the beginning, it's not that hard, you'll learn as the project evolves. But you need to have wide ranging windows PC utility experience with various common programs, troubleshooting experience, and ofcourse the windows registry, those are main requirements. Some programming skills are welcome too, we may require various setup utilities and automation scripts when needed.
If you share the same opinion, welcome aboard!
Serious people who don't have any doubts should contact via PM, if you want to know more or have questions and you just want to cheer from it from afar, then just discuss in the forum.
UPD1:
How the mod would be released - legal stuff.
I'm looking for some serious contributors if they want to cooperate on such a project, I believe Win10 in it's current state is a useless OS, I just don't like it at all, it doesn't even allow me to stop basic services because of some stupid "we assume that you are too stupid to know what you're doing" error message, or such kindergarden nonsense, should be removed, forcefully if necessary.
I will not go into detail because I can't waste time for people who just give it a little thought and move on, that is reserved only for serious people who will jump onboard and stick with the project for at least several months, their contributions will be credited, you don't have stick with it forever or too long.
General Overview:
- - This version is not meant for personal and private life, it is meant for maximum productivity, better control, and gaming.
- - This version will not focus on security, if you are hardcore you know you're not suppose to use it for financial dealings, you are doing so at your own risk, all complaints are invalid and will be ignored.
- - This is not meant for the general public, this is strictly made for hardcore PC-oriented users who don't need any mobile features, know how to set up classic sharing via password/username, and know how to do a lot of things better than the built-in gimmicks.
- - Striving for smooth flow of work that enables high levels of multitasking
- - Great for offline or LAN workstations too
- - Flexibility, the things that I want to change that are only a matter of taste shouldn't be forced but optional
Here are only the highlights of some of the main changes:
- - All pop-culture & dumb consumer gimmicks removed or disabled
- - Removing all childish warnings and opening up more advanced control of the PC, putting warnings where really comes handy.
- - Removing all private data mining, sharing, logging, transmitting (cortana, hidden feedback transmit)
- - Removing all automatic mobile connectivity, unauthorized background transfers of any kind.
- - Applying a strong hosts file to prevent sneaky callhomes to various microsoft servers
- - Changing the default theme to Windows 7 including replacing all Icons to those of Win7 except new ones.
- - Increasing the size of the "show desktop" button as it is in Windows 7
- - Changing various defaults how menus and common utilities look, so you don't have to spend hours ticking boxes and dots once you install it (hundreds of useful little tweaks applied to registry)
- - Windows Backup (Volume Shadow Copy) disabled, filesystem mess, if you are hardcore you know how to use Clonezilla.
- - Removing a lot of forced pre-installed clutter, OneDrive Integration etc (unauthorized
- - Restoring old Windows 7 Explorer behavior, keeping new stuff that is better if it'll even work as hybrid.
- - Disabling "Full Row Select" in Explorer (huge multitasking boost)
- - Settings adjusted to be ready for manual creation of username/password shares, disabling the homegroup gimmick.
- - The mod will include core windows modifications and hacks (DLL), updating will not be possible otherwise it'll break the whole thing.
- - Revering default CMD font back to classic (Win7 Consolas I think)
- - Disabling MS GameUX DLL Injection for games (if it still exists for Win10)
Frequent Updates won't be needed once Win10 stabilizes and reaches the feature level that will be future proof, an optimal ISO has to be picked as a source, key features yet to be clarified are HDR and Rec 2020, I read that these may be part, but it is still some months before Redstone 2 is final, and even then I would wait some time to see if a huge bug is discovered in the days or weeks after.
Forget about Game Mode, that is a gimmick, all they do is stop some services, put some processes to suspend, and raise the game exe process priority. At least that's the 1.0 behavior, if they manage to significantly improve performance then they would be purposelly hampering things on non-game mode to make the game-mode gimmick look better for marketing purposes.
Or they may do something wilder, but probably some way the OS manages old Win32 apps and maybe does some DLL injecting, then it would be another story.
This ISO will already be set for max performance as default. But obviously something like Game-Mode won't be removed, if it's not a privacy or productivity or any annoyance issue it won't get removed.
Updates aren't that important, most of them are security measures and other gimmicks that don't mean much, if you use this ISO for personal, private and financial dealings then you have no validity to complain, you're doing that at your own risk and peril, I will not personally spend much time on improving security, but I will not be purposelly hampering it nor denying any slight improvement or compromise.
Primary goal is productivity and getting gimmicks out of our way.
"No update" complaints will also be considered invalid, I updated my Win7 only twice in the last 3 years, I got more problems than benefits. I believe this is a security theater, if some serious hackers wants to come into your PC, they will one way or another.
Plus updating an existing install was always buggy and crappy on windows and continues to be so, it is a waste of time. It is simpler, cleaner, more reliable to reinstall the OS completely in order to move to a new version.
Unfortunately with this mod, simply moving to a new source version will not be easy, it is basically recreating the mod, hopefully moving as much as possible, infact it will be faster because a lot can be reapplied without modification, but it still has to be checked if it works or not, so frequent updates would practically not be possible, unless you have a team of 10-20 paid workers.
But if you are serious about wanting to use such a version of the OS, you can help as well even if you don't know specifically about Windows modding, I don't either, but I started preparing and reading up on the SDK tools, I can teach you and give you tasks if you don't know what to in the beginning, it's not that hard, you'll learn as the project evolves. But you need to have wide ranging windows PC utility experience with various common programs, troubleshooting experience, and ofcourse the windows registry, those are main requirements. Some programming skills are welcome too, we may require various setup utilities and automation scripts when needed.
If you share the same opinion, welcome aboard!
Serious people who don't have any doubts should contact via PM, if you want to know more or have questions and you just want to cheer from it from afar, then just discuss in the forum.
UPD1:
How the mod would be released - legal stuff.
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