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Windows 12 Lite: This Linux distribution doesn't care about copyright

Windows 12 Lite may resemble Windows 10, but it is really just Ubuntu. (Image source: Webhouses)
Windows 12 Lite may resemble Windows 10, but it is really just Ubuntu. (Image source: Webhouses)
No, Microsoft has not released a new or slimmed-down operating system. Instead, Windows 12 Lite is a Linux distribution that, according to its developers, is superior to Windows 10 "in every respect". Someone is even selling physical install discs of the dodgy Linux distribution, too.
Windows Linux / Unix Software Fail

Webhouses describes Windows 12 Lite as a Linux Lite 4.8 LTS Desktop with the Windows 10 desktop background applied. The developers of the Linux distribution do not appear to be too concerned about potential copyright issues, and continue by writing that it is "far superior in every respect to Windows 10". Apparently, Windows 12 Lite 4.8 solves "all the problems of the poor operating system" too, the poor operating system presumably being Windows 10.

According to the developers, Windows 12 Lite is also "the best operating system for Windows 7 users". While this could be quickly dismissed as a hoax, physical copies of the distribution are being sold. One Redditor, for example, spotted Windows 12 Lite being sold at a "local computer fair".

To be clear, this distribution likely infringes on multiple trademarks. We would not recommend trying "Windows 12 Lite" in at all, but the website is a fun read, as are the comments on the ensuing Reddit thread.

(Image source: Webhouses)

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Webhouses via Softpedia & Reddit

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Alex Alderson, 2020-02-12 (Update: 2020-02-12)