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Microsoft Needs Windows Lite, No telemetry, no spying, no ads, no AI, no .NET, to retain gamers and developers (philipbohun.com)
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Microsoft is losing Builders fast. They're switching to MacOS and Linux. The biggest pull keeping people on Windows, outside of shear inertia, is content creation and gaming. However, even these are falling to Linux.

Without Builders, you don't have software, and without software, you don't have users. This is why Microsoft needs Windows Lite.

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[–] baatliwala@lemmy.world 1 points 10 minutes ago

.Net

[–] heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 1 points 19 minutes ago

Isn’t this just Windows Embedded?

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 hour ago

Why is .NET bad now?

[–] ian@feddit.uk 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

With many critical apps still running on Windows only, Windows needs to get worse!
To push those software companies over to embrace Linux finally. Then the users can follow.

[–] CalvusRex@lemmy.world 27 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

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.

[–] heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 1 points 18 minutes ago

Microsoft is now offering Azure Linux.

[–] greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net 5 points 4 hours ago

I had no idea how easy gaming had got since my last attempt with Linux. That was until the most recent Microsoft bugs erased all my files... I was so enraged I didn't even try to recover them, I just installed linux mint. Found out I could indeed play the couple games I've been holding on to windows for. Haven't booted windows since.

[–] vane@lemmy.world 34 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Microsoft needs to die.

[–] ShredderFeeder@shredderfood.net 6 points 5 hours ago

I remember saying that in the early 2000s...

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 8 points 5 hours ago

That's just Windows without a lot of the bad stuff. Microsoft will never do it because they earn money from it.

[–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 24 points 7 hours ago

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.

[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago

I logged out back in December and haven't used or needed Windows since. Fedora Linux is my pick for a Windows replacement.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago

What you're describing is the LTSC IoT editions, which are what I run on my Windows boxes.

https://massgrave.dev/windows_ltsc_links

[–] greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo 19 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

We have that. Its called Arch. And I've done .net development on it.

[–] Magnum@infosec.pub 1 points 3 hours ago

You probably mean NetCore which is not equal to .NET framework.

[–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 10 points 10 hours ago

Do i have news for you, youll need .net.
Either for windows stuff, or for your games ( most likely launchers )

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 18 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] rmrf@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

.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.

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago

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.

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 23 points 13 hours ago

It's easier to just use Linux.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 18 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

.net is also on linux in some capacity. See the *arr stack as an example.

[–] terabyterex@lemmy.world 31 points 15 hours ago

the fact that you list .net shows you dont have the knowledge to make this claim

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

Isnt that basically enterprise?

It was my understanding enterprise edition stripped out all that bullshit.

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 14 points 15 hours ago

Install Linux, Problem Solved.

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