The CRUX of a new Windows 7

A part of my retirement has been to change my profession as a PC Builder, programmer and repair tech, to just a hobbiest while still doing all of the above.


One of my favorite things to do, to spend my spare time, is to find and download new versions of Windows
wherever they may be, and install them, just to see how they work.


Yesterday, while poking around on the WWW, I found a new version of Windows 7, called "Windows 7, CRUX, x86.


The creators of this version, removed many of the things that make Win-7 run slower and require more system resources.






During the install, the installer installed drivers for everything but the LAN card. That I took care of myself.


So I'm just wondering if anyone else has any experience with this version of Windows 7?


Cheers mates,
TechnoMage

That's a big problem with Microshaft....NO sense of humor.


In case you've not noticed, every version of Windows since Win-95 has had some body work done on it by the aftermarket boys. Many versions even come Pre-Activated. But, thankfully, we don't see those versions showing up in the retail market.



I refer to XP Lite, and XP Black, two very interesting versions of the very popular Windows XP.


I'm not advocating for any OS Rework, to be sold, but they can be a lot of fun for Enthusiasts to just play around with.


I was just curious, if anyone else had encountered Windows 7, CRUX, x86, and what they thought of it. ???


Cheers Mates!

Well, without getting into a big bru-ha-ha about licensing and all that intails, I just look at something like CRUX as an example of programming creativity. Not to mention that it works dang well!



I'm sympathetic, because when I bought my first Commodore 64, way back when, I didn't like the operating system, so I re-wrote it, to suite myself. I burned my own Kernel ROM chips, and the rest is
history.



At least on an IBM Compatible PC, I can just load the OS from a DVD and I don't have to burn any ROM's.
And if I don't like it, I can just write over it with something else.

You can make your own, including more recent drivers, updates, etc and removing components you don't want.

I think the paid version of NTLITE allows component removal.

There is also Windows 7 Component Removal from sourceforge:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/w7c...atest/download

I have tested it ( with just a few removals) and it worked fine.

What kind of "Components" are you talking about?


I'm definitely a DIY guy, but that does not include OS's. I like to see what others have done and are doing.


My days of OS programming are long past.

It tells you in the readme.txt. There are a bunch of xml files with titles. Very simple.

mrjimphelps said:

I am suspect of any product not owned or licensed by Microsoft, which has "Windows 7" as part of its name. Remember "Lindows"? Lindows was a Linux add-on which allowed you to run Windows software inside of Linux. Even a name as tame as "Lindows" was enough to bring legal action by Microsoft. I cannot imagine Microsoft standing idly by while someone releases a non-Microsoft product called "Windows 7 CRUX".

That said, I know nothing about this product.

Lindows was not in any way shape or form Windows compatible. It was sold with PC's as an all in one product and rumour has it they got most of them back as they could not run Windows Programs.