Microslop is going to spend 2026 improving Windows 11. It comes after Windows update quality issues and complaints about the operating system.

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      2 hours ago

      They can’t scrap their whole operating system: the only thing keeping people on Windows is its backwards compatibility.

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      12 hours ago

      There was a theory that Microsoft could just release a Linux distro with a first party windows skin on it

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        8 minutes ago

        If planned obsolescence wasn’t a concern this would be a decent way to improve - use the Linux kernel, ported or recreated interface and a compatibility layer for games or whatever it is that keeps people on Windows.