OPERATING SYSTEMS
What does Windows 11 mean for Linux?
Microsoft has unveiled a new operating system, but will it play nice?
M icrosoft has recently announced a new operating system: Windows 11 (https://bit.ly/LXF279Windows11). This has surprised many people: a few years ago the company was pretty adamant that Windows 10 would be the “last version of Windows” and would instead receive major updates every year.
Windows 11 will be arriving towards the end of 2021. So, how will this affect Linux users? An increasing number of new machines will likely come with Windows 11 pre-installed, and while Microsoft has previously declared how much it loves Linux, it’s never been too fond of enabling other OSes to be installed alongside it, and there’s a concern that Windows 11 systems could make a dual-booting Linux setup more difficult to achieve.