In recent months the relationship between Windows 11 and several users it has become more and more complicated. The end of support a Windows 10 did not push everyone to upgrade, and discontent with the latest version of the operating system Microsoft continues to emerge with particular relevance.
Also for these reasons, attention towards the world is also growing Linuxwhich attracts an increasingly larger share of users. Redmond’s response was not long in coming and aims to intervene precisely in this context.
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Microsoft takes action
As reported by The Vergethe engineers of Windows are working on an intervention plan aimed at improving what users report most insistently. The president of the Windows division, Pavan Davuluriopenly acknowledged the critical issues and explained that the company wants to respond in a concrete way to the community’s requests.
There are three areas indicated as priorities: performance, reliability ed overall experience.
These are not marginal aspects, because the most frequent criticisms related to the daily use of Windows 11 are concentrated precisely here.
Among the elements mentioned, the improvement of the dark modea recurring theme in Insider discussions. The operating system includes several features that burden your workflow and are often difficult to disable, contributing to a perceived less fluid experience.
The growth of Linux
The moment chosen by Microsoft to accelerate these interventions does not seem random. The latest hardware survey from Steam indicates that beyond 3% of users uses Linuxan increase compared to 2% of the previous period.
Outside the gaming world, estimates range between 5% el’11% of PC users. The various analyzes agree on at least one point: Linux adoption has increased rapidly in recent years.
The work done by Valve on game compatibility via SteamOS and related tools has had a clear impact.
This evolution has also made it easier to use Linux for gaming, paving the way for a growing number of gamers who choose to leave Windows. Microsoft seems to have gotten the message. Sometimes a little push is enough to change habits, and this seems to be one of those situations where the push comes from the software itself.
