An optimized modification of Windows, designed for gamers.
atlasos.net
We designed Atlas to maximize performance and minimize latency. Experience higher framerates and lower latency compared to stock, slow Windows.

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…

  •  Imprint9816   ( @Imprint9816@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English
    45•1 month ago

    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.

  •  axum   ( @axum@kbin.social ) 
    35•1 month ago

    AtlasOS in a windows spin that’s just straight up insecure and borderline broken given how many tweaks it makes and it disabling updating

    Examples of cringe :

    https://github.com/Atlas-OS/Atlas/blob/main/src/playbook/Configuration/tweaks/qol/startup-shutdown/force-end-shutdown-apps.yml
    Hope you saved your word docs, because this insta force kills any app on shutdown

    Hard drive full? you’ll never know
    https://github.com/Atlas-OS/Atlas/blob/main/src/playbook/Configuration/tweaks/qol/shell/disable-low-disk-warning.yml

  •  herrcaptain   ( @herrcaptain@lemmy.ca ) 
    19•1 month ago

    This is really cool and I’m glad it exists for those stuck on Windows for certain games. That said, I’d still highly encourage anyone interested to give Linux a shot. I ran it as my daily driver for years about a decade ago, but finally switched back to Windows because I was spending too much time trying to get my games to work. I finally got fed up with Windows 11 and moved back last year. Holy hell has gaming on Linux come a long way with Proton. Everything I’ve thrown at it has worked flawlessly, and runs at least as fast as they did on Windows.

    That said, I get that not everyone wants such a paradigm shift or to learn a new tech just to play their games. In the interim of not running Linux on my desktop, I still worked with Linux servers and used the Windows Linux Subsystem, so I get that I’m a little biased in how easy the switch was. You can find distros that are very beginner-friendly, however, or even specifically gaming-oriented.

    But yeah, for those stuck on Windows due to games with pervasive anti-cheat or whatever, I get that AtlasOS could be a gamechanger.

    Thank you for coming to me Ted Talk.

    •  t3rmit3   ( @t3rmit3@beehaw.org ) 
      2•1 month ago

      I admin linux systems all day at work, and in my spare time on my home lab rackmount setup that lives in the spare bathroom, and I say that to make clear that I’m extremely comfortable with Linux. I got a gaming laptop recently and loaded Ubuntu onto it, and was very underwhelmed with the gaming performance on it. My SteamDeck ran many of the games better, and there were a bunch issues with the OS not being able to keep the integrated graphics card vs the discrete one straight (e.g. switching the load order on reboot, making games constantly try to run on the integrated card), that just made me eventually give up and put Win11 on it. At this point, I’d love for Valve to release a “SteamLap” gaming system, because clearly Linux needs that tight control over the hardware config to get games working well.

      •  herrcaptain   ( @herrcaptain@lemmy.ca ) 
        3•1 month ago

        Well that’s unfortunate. I guess different hardware and configs can really make all the difference. In my case I’m using a desktop with no integrated graphics at all, so no chance of that particular problem happening. This build is all-AMD and using Wayland.

        I’ve only had two small issues thus far, across the dozen or so games I’ve tried on this setup. Both were very easy to fix, though one is worth mentioning as it’s loosely similar to yours: in Valheim literally every time I started the game it’d default to the wrong audio output and I’d have to manually switch it back.

        Sorry to hear about your own bad experience. Given the rate at which the desktop ecosystem keeps improving, however, and marketshare creeps up, I’m sure in a few more years it might be worth giving it another shot with your setup.

    •  The_Sasswagon   ( @The_Sasswagon@beehaw.org ) 
      2•1 month ago

      I had a very similar experience but just kinda glumly stuck with the broken experience in that in between, and just played what I could get to work. But now with proton, specifically the ge version, there’s isn’t a game that I can’t play (that I have wanted to play). It’s pretty amazing how quickly the changes and improvements to gaming on Linux have come.

      I also have an AMD system now, which might be a big part of why it’s so painless now.

  •  rollingflower   ( @rollingflower@lemmy.kde.social ) Deutsch
    7•1 month ago

    To my knowledge they did some horrible “performance” fixes like disabling Windows Defender.

    Windows requires you to install random software. If you are really careful, you could live without antivirus, but honestly just dont.

    If your PC doesnt tolerate the overcomplicated Windows 11, any Linux distro is lighter.

    I recommend to give Fedora Kinoite a shot. It is a very modern distribution model.

    Fedora Discussion is a good resource for help, and I am always down to fix the small Kinoite issues like video codecs or flatpaks.

  •  Spectranox   ( @UmbraTemporis@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English
    5•1 month ago

    I’ve used it for VR, which is the only thing I keep Windows for. It’s pretty good however I’d say having experience with Linux is a good idea, I definitely wouldn’t treat it as a drop-in silver bullet for Windows minimalism (if such a thing exists).

    By the sounds of it you’re inexperienced with OS-hopping, so if you’re going to start looking for things like this just do it properly and give Linux a go. You’ll learn so much more and get a much nicer experience at the end, then if you decide you still need Windows then go and use someone else’s computer to make a USB. I wouldn’t bother trying to make one on Linux, it hardly ever works in my experience.

    For clarity, I now just debloat vanilla Windows 11 with Chris Titus’ tool. Still only used for VR and Game Dev.

    If you go with Atlas, just know you’re putting your whole system into the hands of a team smaller than most Linux distros that’s doing more work than all of them, so I doubt Atlas is going to be around for much longer. Whereas something like Debian, Mint or Pop! is here to stay.

    There’s also far less chance of your system breaking if you go with Linux. Really in this situation there is absolutely zero reason to not go the extra mile and hop to desktop freedom.

  •  helenslunch   ( @helenslunch@feddit.nl ) 
    2•1 month ago

    To answer your question, the easiest way to reinstall Windows is with Rufus. It will even go and fetch the files for you from MS.

    Then you have to access the BIOS and adjust boot priority so that it will boot from the USB.

    Then just click next on the installer.