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How to Actually Clean Install Windows 11
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I would rather go for Linux but when Windows needed I'd go for LTSB/LTSC version, choose this oobe during install, after install run christitustech debloat script, activate through github script and in register turn off auto download/install updates. 1.4GB ram idle usage while having all you need.
That is still comically high. Arch Linux with DWM gets 100 mb, I've seen gentoo builds with DWM get as low as 40 mb.
KDE looks better than windows and it gets a third of the ram idle usage at most.
I've never seen windows idle that much from a clean install.
Exactly. Every time before I found out about LTSB and these scripts my idle usage wasn't lower than 3-3.6gb. I went through all those running processes and said myself that there has to be better way. (And boy how I was pissed off when I found out about the telemetry..) It led me to Linux, but sometimes I need to use Windows so I have dual-boot with LTSB.
Idle RAM usage means literally nothing.
Not really. I can see why you'd think that but you just compile a kernel that supports what you need. A kernel customized for your hardware can be less than half the size of the default kernel, it's just that it may function ONLY on that hardware.
You're missing the point here. That is to save at best 60 mb. Arch with KDE still maxes out at like 500 mb of usage.
the irony is that the only reason ever for "Windows needed" is because some obnoxious asshole decided they want to force others to use Windows. There's literally nothing that Windows can do better. There is only a quasi monopoly and probably bribes to companies to release no builds for other platforms (e.g. for games).
I agree.
I exactly do this. It switches every services to manual and turn off so many notification bloat. After doing this windows never bothers me. Every app , games, hardware like capture card just works on windows.
But i use linux on my laptop because linux is good for browsing and wordprocessing.