Windows Lite has always been a rather difficult and mysterious version of Microsoft’s desktop operating system, and now it appears we won’t have to struggle too much to figure it out, as it’s gone.
In a series of tweets Windows leaker, Gustave Monce has revealed the current list of versions of Windows running Windows Core OS, and Lite is conspicuous in its absence.
The list reads:
• Windows IoTOS (Microsoft.IoTOS)
• Windows IoTEdgeOS (Microsoft.IoTEdgeOS)
• Holographic (Microsoft.Holographic)
• Factory OS (Microsoft.FactoryOS)
• Factory OS Holographic (Microsoft.FactoryOSHolographic)
• Factory OS Andromeda Device (Microsoft.FactoryOSAndromeda)
• WindowsCoreHeadless OS (Microsoft.WindowsCoreHeadless)
• Windows Core (Microsoft.WindowsCore)
• Hub OS (Microsoft.HubOS)
• Andromeda OS (Microsoft.AndromedaOS)
• Polaris (Microsoft.Polaris)
• ModernPC (Microsoft.ModernPC)
He also confirmed that Lite is gone, saying:
While the name may be gone, it seems likely that Lite has merely been renamed it to ModernPC, a version of Windows Microsoft has been talking about which is secure, flexible and easily updatable.
It is notable that despite Windows Lite disappearing, Andromeda is still hanging around.
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