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I’m often asked which version of Linux looks and works most like Windows, and my usual answer is Linux Mint with the Cinnamon Desktop.
Now that Windows 11 is here, you Linux aficionados might be wondering when a Windows 11 look-alike version of Linux will show up.
Well, guess what? It’s already here!
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As you probably know, I’ve been testing the “Preview” version of Windows 11 for a while now, and I think this is a great time to express my initial thoughts about it.
I’ll just say at the outset that after using Windows 11 for a while, one word comes to mind: Pointless.
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As I reported in this post, Microsoft has announced that Windows 11 will officially be released to the masses on October 5.
I’ve received a ton of feedback about this with about half the respondents saying they’ll be sticking with Windows 10 and the other half chomping at the bit to install Windows 11 ASAP.
If you happen to fall into the “I want to install it ASAP” camp you can compare your PC’s hardware configuration against the system requirements listed on this page to see if Microsoft believes Windows 11 will run on your machine. [Read more…]
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Microsoft has just revealed in this blog post that Windows 11 will be officially released on October 5, 2021.
On that date Windows 10 users will start receiving notifications that the update to Windows 11 is ready to be installed on their computers.
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Soon after Microsoft released Windows 10 back in July 2015 I began receiving occasional questions from folks asking when they would be releasing Windows 11.
Every time someone asked I emailed my contact on the Windows 10 Development Team to find out when Microsoft would be releasing Windows 10’s successor. The answer was always an emphatic…
“There will be no successor. Windows 10 is the last version of Windows ever.“
Therefore, that was always my answer as well.
And as you can see here, the folks at TechRadar were receiving the same answer from Microsoft.
Well now it appears that the powers that be at Microsoft have changed their mind.