FreeNT

The OpenWindows vanilla kernel.

Install

OpenWindows

OpenWindows already comes with a FreeNT kernel. However, OpenWindows installs a Win32 support layer, so you can remove it by installing a vanilla version of FreeNT:

1. Enable developer mode.
2. Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+OpenWindows+F5 to open a console as the SYSTEM user.
3. Run usekernel https://freent-project.github.io/kernel-bin-latest to grab a kernel from FreeNT. This will overwrite all your data, effectively factory resetting your settings and wiping the system partition! Your device will be stuck in developer mode until you run usekernel openwindows!
4. You will get a menu to select either "OpenWindows 11" or "FreeNT 3.1". The difference is that "OpenWindows 11" boots OpenWindows with the kernel with OpenWindows patches (most of which are done via modules), while "FreeNT 3.1" boots OpenWindows with the plain kernel.
5. If you want to remove the menu, get the nuke-owboot-menu module.

Other systems

This will mess up Unix-style partitions, and break Linux apps! This can render Linux systems useless!

1. Download the kernel and connect an external disk, e.g. a USB.
2. Write the downloaded ISO freent-3.1-vanilla.iso to the disk.
3. Boot from the disk. Your old OS will be detected and will be reinstalled with its official kernel and bootloader removed, and replaced with FreeNT and OWBoot respectively.