Windows Line Edition: Difference between revisions

Windows Line Edition
	Crusty Windows bootleg
	The desktop of Windows Line Edition
Original OS	Windows 8.1
Release date	August 12, 2014
Author	Freeware Sys
Country	India
Language(s)	English
Architecture(s)	x86 (64-bit)
File size	1.1 GiB
Download link	Windows Line Edition X64 - Freeware Sys.iso
Date added	August 6, 2022

VisualWikitext

Revision as of 07:36, 8 July 2024

Windows Line Edition is a bootleg Windows 8.1 edition, which was created by Freeware Sys. It released on August 12, 2014, and was added to the archive on August 6, 2022. It is the second smallest bootleg in the Windows 8.1 bootleg archive, next to Windows 8.1 Super Lite 2017.

Description

The bootleg is a modified Windows 8.1 ISO. It updates the OS with a new look, and it adds some programs and themes and tweaks.

Some parts of the setup are unattended. The autorun was made with AutoPlay Media Studio 8.1.

Changes from Windows 8.1

Changes in pre-desktop procedures

New setup graphics
New boot screen logo

Look and feel

12 new themes included
10 new gadgets included
New icon set
New default avatar

Software

WinRAR 3.92 (cracked, registered to vista 7 user)

PortableApps.com

CCleaner
CPU-Z 1.68
GPU-Z 0.7.8
FileZilla 3.8.0
GIMP 2.8.10
HijackThis v2.0.5
Notepad++ 6.5
Kaspersky TDSS Killer
On-ScreenKeyboard
Process Hacker 2.33
Skype 6.11.0.102
uTorrent 3.4.1 build 31227

Customization Utilities

StartIsBack+ 1.6.2
MetroSidebar 0.2.1.0 Beta

Notes

Bootleg quirks

All of the start screen's tiles have been removed. You have to press the escape key to get back to the desktop.
The Command Prompt's foreground color is set to dark gray.

PortableApps.com collection quirks

None of the PortableApps apps work, due to the PortableApps.com launcher being inside "Program Files (x86)", which the launcher does not work with.
On-ScreenKeyboard does not work.
Notepad++ and CCleaner do not exist.

CD contents and other info

The CD label is set to "Line-Edition-X64-DiLshad-Sys".
install.esd was finished on August 9, 2014.
There are several text files in the CD root, as per usual for Freeware Sys. One of them are instructions on how to fix the desktop being just a black screen, and being unable to change the wallpaper.

Gallery

Setup
Setup while it's copying
Boot screen
Empty desktop
Start menu
System Properties and About Windows

Themes

"aerometro light" theme
"b1" theme
"Blue-Minimal" theme
"clear 3.0 glass v2" theme
"dc v1" theme
"Grey-Minimal" theme
"Hush Grey" theme
"m1(details_pane)" theme
"m3" theme
"Maestix 8.1" theme
"Mild" theme
"minimal 2.0 white (default)" theme
"Ribbon" theme

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 |original_os = [[:Category:Bootlegs based on Windows 8.x|Windows 8.1]]
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+|release_date = August 12, 2014
 |creator = [[:Category:Bootlegs created by Freeware Sys|Freeware Sys]]
 |country = India
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-'''Windows Line Edition''' is a bootleg [[:Category:Bootlegs based on Windows 8.x|Windows 8.1]] edition, which was created by [[:Category:Bootlegs created by Freeware Sys|Freeware Sys]]. It released in 2014, and was added to the archive on August 6, 2022. It is the second smallest bootleg in the Windows 8.1 bootleg archive, next to [[Windows 8.1 Super Lite 2017]].
+'''Windows Line Edition''' is a bootleg [[:Category:Bootlegs based on Windows 8.x|Windows 8.1]] edition, which was created by [[:Category:Bootlegs created by Freeware Sys|Freeware Sys]]. It released on August 12, 2014, and was added to the archive on August 6, 2022. It is the second smallest bootleg in the Windows 8.1 bootleg archive, next to [[Windows 8.1 Super Lite 2017]].
 == Description ==
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 === CD contents and other info ===
+* The CD label is set to "Line-Edition-X64-DiLshad-Sys".
+* <code>install.esd</code> was finished on August 9, 2014.
 * There are several text files in the CD root, as per usual for Freeware Sys. One of them are instructions on how to fix the desktop being just a black screen, and being unable to change the wallpaper.