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Originally Posted by fjtorres
They are removed from the *default* packaging but support isn't removed.
They are still developed and available...on the online driver repository.
As to why?
Because they have a small usage base and because every little bit helps. A USB drive here, a minor game there, it adds up eventually. And it doesn't just impact the distribution package, it also affects the recovery partition.
Windows historically has tended to err on the side of including as much as possible to facilitate offline operation (earning it a reputation for "bloat") but offline-only is a lot less common. And lean is useful on the low end, where Windows is weakest.
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Something like that does not help anything. Those games are also just a few KB.
Do it like Windows did in the past, an many Linux distributions still do: install only the base system, meaning the bare minimum of drivers needed for the connected devices, the desktop, file manager, and browser. The rest can be selected during installation and/or installed afterward.
I think it's totally useless to install five hundred million drivers onto the hard disk, so devices can be 100% plug and play. Just ask for the Windows CD if the driver is on it, or download it from Windows Update when required.
Windows Vista and newer are HUGE, compared to Windows XP and 2000, while most people don't do anything different with the OS. I'm 100% sure that, if I wanted to, I could still run Windows 2000 with software from 15 years ago, and STILL get 90% of my stuff done... on an 8GB drive with room to spare.