From blues and metal to ballads and progressive rock, Bob has done it all with the biggest names in the music business. As an in-demand session player, his talents have taken him all over the world. But it wasn’t always that way. Everyone starts out somewhere, and for Bob Daisley that was Sydney, Australia.
| Removed (The Fat) | Kept (The Muscle) | | :--- | :--- | | Microsoft Edge (Chromium) | Windows Explorer (File manager) | | Windows Defender (Real-time protection) | Notepad, Paint, Calculator | | Cortana & Voice assistants | Command Prompt, PowerShell, Regedit | | WinSxS (Side-by-side assembly cache) | Full .NET Framework 3.5/4.8 | | Telemetry & Data collection | Print spooler & basic drivers | | Windows Update service (manual only) | DirectX 9/10/11/12 (partial) | | All UWP / Metro apps | SMB 2.0/3.0 networking |
In this post, we’ll explore what MiniOS is, why you might need it, how to get it running, and its legitimate (and ethical) use cases. MiniOS is a custom-built, lightweight distribution derived from the official Microsoft Windows 11 ISO (build 22H2 or newer). The creators have performed what is known as "LZX compression" and removed bloatware, telemetry, background services, and unnecessary drivers to achieve an incredibly small footprint. windows 11 minios 64 bits
| Feature | Win11 MiniOS 64-bit | Tiny10 / Tiny11 | Linux Lite | Hiren's BootCD PE | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Windows 11 | Windows 11 | Ubuntu LTS | Win10 PE | | Size | ~2GB | ~3.5GB | ~1.8GB | ~2.5GB | | RAM usage | 500 MB | 1.2 GB | 400 MB | 1 GB | | Persistence | Yes (full) | Yes (full) | Yes (full) | No (live only) | | App compatibility | High (Win32) | High | Medium (Wine) | Low (Portable apps) | | Best for | Daily portable OS | Old PCs | Learning Linux | Data recovery | | Removed (The Fat) | Kept (The Muscle)
