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Minimal, debloated, configured Windows 11 QEMU image for software support (cloud.uol.de)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Pantherina@feddit.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hey people!

I love Linux and would really prefer not needing Windows, but... Software.

I made a Qemu Image with Win11 and all the tweaks available pretty much

local account with the offline trick
ran Bulk Crap uninstaller and removed pretty much everything
ran WinUtil by Chris Titus
- only security updates
- disabled unnecessary features
- removed Edge
installed Firefox with some basic setup
installed Simplewall, enabled Simplewall (MS Store currently does not work, no idea)
installed all the virtIO drivers, even drag&drop and internet work

Apart from that the image is a s minimal as possible.

Its a 6GB compressed Qemu image with 60GB uncompressed afaik. The image runs using virt-managers default settings, using TianoCoer UEFI and TPM passthrough

Its in German, and no idea if Windows even allows changing the language. Its Windows 11 Professional, but doesnt include a license.

Followup

Of course I cant guarantee anything as this stuff is proprietary and hashes would probably never be the same on any install due to proprietary magic soup.

Hit me up on SimpleX if you want a link, I shouldn't share it here

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[–] Guenther_Amanita@feddit.de 30 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I find that really cool, BUT, you should delete that link.

First, installing a tweaked Windows version from somebody else is risky. It's hard to check if you included malware for example. I mean, I trust you that you didn't do that, but it's still risky. That alone isn't the reason you should delete it. If I install a malware-version, it's my fault, who cares.

The real reason you should delete that immediately is because it's illegal! The licence doesn't allow you to share Windows. With scripts on your own install its a grey area, but sharing installs or isos is definitely not allowed and everyone here could report you for that to MS, the police, the admins, whoever.

Anzeige ist raus! (Jk)