{"id":260441,"date":"2026-05-31T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/31\/linux-desktops-finally-learned-restraint-and-thats-the-upgrade-windows-still-hasnt-made\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T14:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T18:35:10","slug":"linux-desktops-finally-learned-restraint-and-thats-the-upgrade-windows-still-hasnt-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/31\/linux-desktops-finally-learned-restraint-and-thats-the-upgrade-windows-still-hasnt-made\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux desktops finally learned restraint, and that’s the upgrade Windows still hasn’t made"},"content":{"rendered":"

Linux desktops finally learned restraint, and that’s the upgrade Windows still hasn’t made<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.xda-developers.com\/linux-desktops-finally-learned-restraint-and-thats-the-upgrade-windows-still-hasnt-made\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-31 14:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.xda-developers.com<\/a><\/p>\n

I’ve never made one before, but I can imagine that making an operating system is a fine balance between doing as much as you can without going overboard. Do too little, and people will use another operating system; do too much, and you run the risk of burning out the developers, the userbase, or both at the same time.<\/p>\n

Recently, the Linux kernels and the distros that rely on it have shown that, while they offer users a ton of options and customizability, they haven’t pushed all their chips to the center of the table and gone all-in. And that’s something that Microsoft can’t really say the same with Windows.<\/p>\n

\n Linux desktops are finally letting go of legacy hardware
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\n Some things just aren’t worth holding onto forever
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Microsoft wants Windows to be compatible with everything ever released for the OS, but that sort of harms it, too. For instance, there’s a very good chance that Windows will never be an immutable operating system, simply because doing so would require breaking support for every app that depended on it. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, I’ve been keeping an eye on what’s going on with the Linux kernel. Lately, maintainers have been axing support for hardware that likely doesn’t see any use. And I don’t mean hardware that maybe release ten or fifteen years ago: I mean a 37-year-old Intel processor.<\/p>\n

By removing support for things people aren’t using anymore, it helps the people maintaining the…<\/p>\n

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