Thom :linux: :a_openbsd: on Nostr: I'm seriously considering organising an OSNews contest to make the most minimal ...
I'm seriously considering organising an OSNews (npub1mfy…hthg) contest to make the most minimal Windows ISO/install that can still run League of Legends [and its Vanguard rootkit](https://www.osnews.com/story/139517/chinese-tencent-owned-company-riot-games-installs-rootkit-on-every-league-of-legends-players-computer/ ). The fewer parts of Windows remain, the better. If the singular thing it can run is League, perfect. If it just boots to a command line with access to 'league.exe", even more perfect. If the only network access it allows through is League/Vanguard rootkit, even more perfecter. Removing anything not needed/required to run League is the idea.
The goal is to give people unwilling to install a rootkit to play League the option of running an extremely minimal, utterly neutered copy of Windows that is entirely useless for anything but running League. Of course, the script to generate this ISO should be open source and published on one of the git hosting sites.
As a prize, my first thought was my Dell XPS 13 with 4K display, 8th gen Core i7, 16GB of RAM. Not the newest, but still a good, solid machine. I have no idea what else I could offer.
To even consider doing this, I would definitely need the help of smarter people than me to help judge the entries. Consider this the first feeler: does anyone here have the skills to be a judge?
The goal is to give people unwilling to install a rootkit to play League the option of running an extremely minimal, utterly neutered copy of Windows that is entirely useless for anything but running League. Of course, the script to generate this ISO should be open source and published on one of the git hosting sites.
As a prize, my first thought was my Dell XPS 13 with 4K display, 8th gen Core i7, 16GB of RAM. Not the newest, but still a good, solid machine. I have no idea what else I could offer.
To even consider doing this, I would definitely need the help of smarter people than me to help judge the entries. Consider this the first feeler: does anyone here have the skills to be a judge?