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Aral Balkan

Oh, that? That’s just me writing the Windows section of the Kitten¹ installation instructions for the upcoming web site.

¹ codeberg.org/kitten/app

Screenshot of browser showing https://localhost/reference Visible contents of page: Heading: Windows Callout: 🙀 Windows is an ad-infested and surveillance-ridden dumpster fire of an operating system and you are putting both yourself and others at risk by using it. If you are not forced to use it for reasons outside your control, please do not use it. The only reason Windows is currently supported is because I used to be on Windows myself for many years (I started with DOS at age 7) and if it hadn’t been for free and open applications supporting Windows I would have had a much harder time eventually migrating off of it to safer platforms (first macOS and then Linux). That said, Microsoft’s latest attempt to create the Torment Nexus, Recall, has me reevaluating this decision. Don’t be surprised if Windows support is dropped in the future. Kitten runs on Windows 10 and 11 under WSL 2. The installation process, however, is not as seamless as it is on Linux and macOS. You must first install WSL 2 and you must manually add Kitten’s local development-time certificate authority to the trust stores of your Windows browsers to avoid certificate errors.
#Microsoft#Windows#Recall
Jun 06, 2024, 12:46 PM·Public·Web
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Christian

@aral You, Sir, should be named in one go with Twain, Shakespeare and the likes.

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Aral Balkan

@chris *checks* It’s not because I’m dead, is it?

:P

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翠星石
@aral Despite what that article claims, it doesn't appear to actually run on windows - it's rather runs in a systemd/Linux VM.

I would write; `There is no windows port, but Kitten can be run in microsoft's jail systemd+Linux VM, also know as "WSL 2"` myself.
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Lorena 🍏

@aral Every Windows user should switch to macOS ASAP.

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Jonathan Lamothe

@lorenac ...assuming they have the money to but a whole new computer?

There really isn't a one-size-fits-all solution.

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Lorena 🍏

@me Macs work for everyone and it’s easy find an M1 MacBook Air for $600 which is an amazing value. And no Recall spyware!

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Jonathan Lamothe

@lorenac Macs do not work for me and I can generally switch an existing Windows machine over to some Linux distro for $0.

Plus, you say that like everyone's got an extra $600 laying around.

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