2024: Windows Minios 10 Pro

On first boot, you are greeted by a . The Start Menu is replaced with a custom, Open-Shell-based launcher. The default theme is a sleek, dark "carbon" look. No widgets, no news feeds, no weather bar. Just a clean taskbar and a Recycle Bin.

To achieve that 500MB RAM idle, MiniOS removes a lot . Some removals are welcome; others are infuriating. windows minios 10 pro 2024

However, driver installation is a manual affair. The OS lacks the driver repository that stock Windows downloads automatically. You will need to have your network, chipset, and GPU drivers pre-downloaded on a USB stick. Windows Update (the crippled version) won't fetch them for you. On first boot, you are greeted by a

Unlike a stock Windows installation that takes 20-30 minutes, MiniOS installs in roughly on a SATA SSD. The ISO is shockingly small—around 1.7GB (compared to 4-5GB for stock Windows 10). The installation process is clean, uses the standard Windows setup wizard, but offers a custom "Playbook" where you can choose which stripped components to reinstall (e.g., "I need the Print Spooler" or "I want the Windows Camera app"). No widgets, no news feeds, no weather bar

The lack of built-in security and the dependency on an anonymous developer's trust model are severe liabilities.

For the most part, MiniOS 10 Pro 2024 is stable. It uses the same kernel as Windows 10 Pro 22H2 (build 19045). I experienced zero blue screens during testing.