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Re:Windows 10 minus the spyware plus added stability and sec... by NullPrefix on Friday April 15, 2022 @02:47PM (#31044133)
If this is the most viable alternative, what does it say about the official version?
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Re:Windows 10 minus the spyware plus added stability and sec... by alar44 on Friday April 15, 2022 @02:49PM (#31044163)
It isn't, so nothing.
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Re:Windows 10 minus the spyware plus added stability and sec... by hedora on Friday April 15, 2022 @02:59PM (#31044274)
What more viable option achieves the goals of this project?
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Re:Windows 10 minus the spyware plus added stability and sec... by DavideNL on Friday April 15, 2022 @04:40PM (#31045547)
There seem to be a lot of scripts like [1] which basically have the same result, strip all the bloat and "spyware"...?

[1] https://github.com/farag2/Sophia-Script-for-Windows

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Re:Windows 10 minus the spyware plus added stability and sec... by tyrfing on Friday April 15, 2022 @03:18PM (#31044529)
A WFP firewall like simplewall (by henry++, not the corporate one) can block everything by default, including services like Windows Update, and is IMO the most straightforward option.
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