Atlas OS. Windows For Gamers

[wasbit]

Atlas OS. Windows For Gamers

Atlas is a Windows version designed for gamers.
Atlas users can enjoy higher frame rates, lowered input delay & latency.
Great for people on a low-end system, or high-end gaming machine.

Reduced Processes
No Telemetry
Open Source

- https://atlasos.net/

Info - https://github.com/Atlas-OS/Atlas

Not tried it. Saw post in another forum.

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wasbit

[VanguardLH]

Some comments I've found in various reviews of AtlasOS:

- Bunch of registry edits in Windows.
- Disables protections against Spectre and Meltdown, and other security
mitigations, to improve performance for games.
- Disables numerous telemetry "features" of Windows (but there are lots
of free tools for that). Does not maintain the telemetry kills after
updates which can reenable them, or instill new telemetry mechanisms.
- Disables updates via registry edit, but then you risk using an
unpatched, vulnerable OS.
- Many components are removed, like printing. Not because it assists in
improving gaming performance, but as the mindset of trimming down the
OS. Any user can similarly customize their Windows. Defender gets
removed, so no AV protections yet many games are online or go online.
Installing a 3rd-party AV means obviating the reduction in resources
this gamer AtlasOS attempts to recover.
- A tweaked version of Windows, so an illegal distribution since you
aren't buying the underlying Windows OS.
- All the feature disables means not usable for use as a business or
even a personal OS platform. You'll have to dual boot.
- Removes the Microsoft Store. Forget about using as anything but a
gaming OS, but some games are Store apps.
- You are trusting the AtlasOS creator (Zusier) and also NTLite. You
must pay NTLite to fully strip and build your own version of AtlasOS;
that is, full NTLite is needed for /you/ to decide which components of
Windows to strip rather than just what Zusier decided. You don't need
AtlasOS at all to customize Windows (beyond installing and then
customizing using built-in tools). To give you full control, you have
to pay 40 euro for NTLite; see:
https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/NTLite.shtml
- How is this different from Windows 10 Ameliorated
(https://ameliorated.info/), or the user removing Windows components,
disabling services, and removing features? Win10AME focuses on
security and privacy, while AtlasOS focuses on gaming (while
sacrificing security). You'll need to dual-boot to have both the
gaming version of Windows (and hope it doesn't get infected), or use
the gaming version of Windows on its own host (with no network
connection). Neither is needed to similarly customize Windows by you
removing components or features, and disabling services.
- Only Microsoft can source Windows. It is closed source, and licensing
requires no altering of code. Other distros just customize it. So
does AtlasOS. You'll still need to buy a license for Windows to use
just with AtlasOS. See https://github.com/Atlas-OS/Atlas/wiki/Legal.
- "Atlas users can enjoy higher framerate, lowered input delay &
latency." Saying "higher" is not qualitative. How much higher? You
won't see a difference between, say, 72 Hz compared to 75 Hz. For
lowered input delay, switch from USB keyboard and mouse to PS2. Gamer
mobos still have PS/2 ports to eliminate lag due to USB polling versus
interrupt-driven PS/2, plus PS/2 provides higher N-key rollover than
USB. There is no toggle to switch between unmodified/modified
versions of Windows; i.e., there is no easy switch, so you'll want to
dual-boot or multi-platform the use of Windows to the AtlasOS tweaked
version.

For me, I really don't need to dual-boot into another instance of
Windows, or dedicate a separate host, to run an "open-source
modification of Windows". I don't even use the gaming profiles
affording by video card software that tweaks the platform when games are
played. I'm not buying another Windows license just to use a free
open-source tweaking tool on it. For someone else that needs that extra
FPS to not look like they're playing a video game using a mutoscope, and
has an extra unfettered Windows license, and willing to multi-boot or
has an even dustier PC sitting around, this might be just the ticket for
them.