Windows, unlike Linux, does not have distributions, since it is a product of the GPL license and the Microsoft operating system is not free, but completely proprietary and proprietary. However, this time we are not going to talk about the advantages of free software, but rather about a unofficial windows version designed for games called Atlas OS. What features does it provide? Is it worth installing or is it more of a time bomb on legs? Are there other alternatives?
One of the most typical concepts of the Internet and the world of piracy are Repacks, the idea is none other than to launch programs illegally on the network, but to use a different installer in order to circumvent copy protection is not authorized. However, in this world there are people who decide to make changes to the final record. Some people install malware to exploit or spy, others instead add third-party or self-made enhancements.
But what is AtlasOS really?
What is not usual is to see modified versions of Windows itself, as is the case with this AtlasOS, which is an optimized version of the tenth version of the Redmond operating system, and the no longer used today, therefore works on less powerful computers. The way to get it? Reduce the number of processes Windows typically runs on the CPU from an average of 185 to 35which leads to reducing the amount of RAM used from 1.5 GB to 0.6 GB.
The idea behind this modified version of Windows 10 is none other than the removal of all elements that are not essential for video games. However, they can’t have an operating system as short as the Xbox, which lacks the OLE and COM libraries. So they didn’t hit the chisel that way, but they did Cuts to a number of features and apps in AtlasOS that make the system a security mess:
- Using the TPM or Trusted Platform Module to save compromised passwords to hard drive.
- BitLocker.
- Windows Defender
- Speech Recognition.
- The ability to create restore points.
Although the most significant change is the remove all performance mitigations for security
How did they do it?
The creation of this version of Windows is not an advanced engineering secret, but rather its creators used NTLite, a tool that lets you easily remove Windows components you don’t need. Of course, this not only leads to security limitations, but also potential compatibility.
It is therefore something that anyone can mount, in any case, remember that the important thing to have the maximum performance in any program is to eliminate superfluous processes, but for this it is there is no need to install a version of Windows that leaves the security of your data in question.
