-- wimlib can be freely distributed; there is no need to download a 1.8 gigabyte
- "Windows Automated Installation Kit".
-- wimlib offers fast multithreaded compression, so making WIM images can be much
- faster.
-- wimlib is free software, so you can modify and/or audit the source code.
+wimlib-imagex provides most features of Microsoft's ImageX, plus additional
+features. Perhaps the main limitation is that mounting images from a WIM file
+is not supported on Windows. However, wimlib-imagex provides a number of
+advantages compared to Microsoft's ImageX, including but not limited to the
+following:
+
+ * wimlib-imagex provides "extract" and "update" commands that can be used to
+ work around the lack of mount support. These commands are very fast
+ compared to mounting and unmounting images with Microsoft's ImageX, so you
+ may prefer them anyway.
+
+ * wimlib-imagex provides an easy-to-use "optimize" command to remove wasted
+ space from WIM files.
+
+ * In some cases, wimlib-imagex uses simpler command-line syntax. For
+ example, integrity tables are treated as persistent, and in some cases image
+ names need not be explicitly specified.
+
+ * Whenever possible, wimlib-imagex includes improved documentation and
+ informational output compared to Microsoft's software.
+
+ * On Windows, wimlib-imagex can correctly save and restore some combinations
+ of data that Microsoft's ImageX runs into bugs on --- for example,
+ uncompressed files in compressed directories, or files with alternate data
+ streams and multiple hard links.
+
+ * wimlib and wimlib-imagex are free software, so you can modify and/or audit
+ the source code.
+
+ ADDITIONAL NOTES
+
+Currently there is no graphical user interface available for wimlib or
+wimlib-imagex. It's recommended to use wimlib-imagex in scripts to avoid having
+to interactively enter commands. However, note that wimlib-imagex is largely
+just a command-line front-end for wimlib, and it's possible to use wimlib's API
+in other front-ends or applications.