Microsoft Windows

I’m sorry folks but I’m going to remove Windows support from Kitten¹.

It’s been a long time coming (read what’s in the Windows tab of the current installation section – https://kitten.small-web.org/#get-started – if you want a longer rant) and I simply refuse to even test under that horribly hostile operating system. I don’t want anything to do with it and nor will I pay Microsoft a single Euro cent for the pleasure of having its AI and surveillance shoved down my throat so I can support that shitty platform with my work.

Windows has absolutely nothing going for it. Want a proper proprietary OS that isn’t shit? Use macOS. Want a proper free and open OS? Use some modern flavour of Linux. There’s no reason to use a proprietary OS that exploits you while having all the usability of a Linux desktop from ten years ago.

(The only valid use case I can see for Windows is if you’re forced to use it by your employer. And that’s why I’ve supported it so far – and then only under WSL, which has its own issues, making the Windows experience sub-par to the macOS and Linux experience anyway.)

I’m only one dev and this move will simplify the codebase further (always a good thing) and free up cycles that can be used to better test/support Kitten on a wider range of Linux distributions.

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¹ https://kitten.small-web.org/

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