10 years ago I would have said maybe. Now? Practicly everything that you run on Windows will run, in some form or another, on Linux. Even the hard to crack gaming is now becoming a non issue. There really is no point in Windows any longer.
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That's just Windows without a lot of the bad stuff. Microsoft will never do it because they earn money from it.
Microsoft needs to die.
I remember saying that in the early 2000s...
I logged out back in December and haven't used or needed Windows since. Fedora Linux is my pick for a Windows replacement.
You need to abandon windows. You know their goals. You know they can't be trusted. Stop giving them chances to get it right and fuck you.
What you're describing is the LTSC IoT editions, which are what I run on my Windows boxes.
We have that. Its called Arch. And I've done .net development on it.
If a "lite" version removed their ability to spy on you they'd have to charge you $4,000/year for the privilege, just to make up the difference.
Do i have news for you, youll need .net.
Either for windows stuff, or for your games ( most likely launchers )
Isnt that basically enterprise?
It was my understanding enterprise edition stripped out all that bullshit.
What is wrong with .NET, it's very useful when running applications which require it which of course is basically every application in a corporate environment.
But yeah all the other things are fine.
I'm fairly certain this post is specifically excluding corporate environments
I also don't quite understand the dislike of dotnet, though. I mean I don't like it either, but idk why
.net (core) is a mature framework and collection of great languages that work really well, perform really well, and is truly cross platform and open source. It's the best thing Microsoft offers.
It's easier to just use Linux.
windows lite
So you mean Linux? No telemetry? No ads? No AI? No .net? Also just works? Also free? Also free as in beer?
Yeah, people need Linux
the fact that you list .net shows you dont have the knowledge to make this claim
Install Linux, Problem Solved.
Windows and the fascist company behind it needs to die.
No .NET 😂 what's still running after that?
If you are techy enough you could install a cracked version of w11 pro or LTSC, then use amiliorated or any other decrapifier. As well Chris titus script can help. This will remove all telemetry and various MS malware.
Im using it since a while to game and it's great. Also not memory intensive and no shit running in the background or reinstalling after updates
in sum, linux with backwards compatability (a lazy excuse for not cleaning stuff up) and DOS commands. oh, and closed source.
Windows losing noticeable numbers of users is a huge net gain for society. Hopefully it continues, regardless of Microslop's actions.
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