Windows 2004 or 20H2 for gaming?

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  • hardentools

    Hardentools simply reduces the attack surface on Microsoft Windows computers by disabling low-hanging fruit risky features.

  • It's a bunch of opensource modifications to Windows that removes useless binaries and services (who needs telemetry and Windows activation and licensing service?), adds package managers scoop and choco, hardens security (default user removed from administrators, hardentools preinstalled, replaces preinstalled software (IE, WMP, MS Office, etc) with opensource alternatives (Firefox, Thunderbird, VLC, JPEGView, OnlyOffice, etc). It's not a perfect choice for everybody but for linux users and gamers like me it's a viable Windows "distro".

  • Scoop

    A command-line installer for Windows.

  • It's a bunch of opensource modifications to Windows that removes useless binaries and services (who needs telemetry and Windows activation and licensing service?), adds package managers scoop and choco, hardens security (default user removed from administrators, hardentools preinstalled, replaces preinstalled software (IE, WMP, MS Office, etc) with opensource alternatives (Firefox, Thunderbird, VLC, JPEGView, OnlyOffice, etc). It's not a perfect choice for everybody but for linux users and gamers like me it's a viable Windows "distro".

  • InfluxDB

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  • Chocolatey

    Chocolatey - the package manager for Windows

  • It's a bunch of opensource modifications to Windows that removes useless binaries and services (who needs telemetry and Windows activation and licensing service?), adds package managers scoop and choco, hardens security (default user removed from administrators, hardentools preinstalled, replaces preinstalled software (IE, WMP, MS Office, etc) with opensource alternatives (Firefox, Thunderbird, VLC, JPEGView, OnlyOffice, etc). It's not a perfect choice for everybody but for linux users and gamers like me it's a viable Windows "distro".

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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