Right, in what can only be described as masochism, I’ve added a step-by-step guide to installing Kitten under Windows¹ (on Linux and macOS, installation is seamless and takes seconds):
https://codeberg.org/kitten/app#install-kitten-on-windows-under-wsl-2
¹ As my reward, fucking #Microsoft threw every dark pattern in the book at me to try and sign me up for a Microsoft account. Also, the screenshots have minor artifacts because their screenshot tool is crap.
Anyway, it’s done.
What a horrible OS made by horrible people.
And if you’re wondering why I still support Windows in Kitten, the answer’s in the last paragraph of the comment on this issue: https://codeberg.org/kitten/app/issues/83#issuecomment-852771
But please, if you’re using Windows out of choice, know that your decision to legitimise it doesn’t just affect you. Your operating system should be working for you and you alone, not for a trillion-dollar corporation trying to exploit you any way it can and willing to use every dark pattern in the book to do so.
@aral I was talking to one of our post Grads the other day; she's an actual genius but can't get along with anything but Windows, for her it's just a tool she needs as far out of the way as possible in order to work, and Windows is good at that. Everyone I meet has been using it since they learnt computers. And Microsoft knows it.
@aral Thanks for continuing to support it, I'm certain it means a lot to people.