Did Microsoft just made this huge version jump for marketing or other arbitrary reason? So, deep down, Windows 11 is basically a continuation of Vista?
From Windows 10, Microsoft jumped the version 6.x to 10.x. Originally Windows 10 was version 6.4 until build 9883.
hmm has anyone ever seen anything about the "new" operating system (Microsoft EdgeOS) that MSFT may release maybe replacing Windows 11 I discovered this casually in the internet sub-world
And before any further questions arise, there is a "Linux Mint Cinnamon 64bit Edge" version that has also absolutely nothing to do with MS' browser. Edge here just mean new, as "on the bleeding edge".
What do you mean exactly? What keeps Windows the no.1 OS for consumers is the compatibility. And as Windows shows clearly, it's not uncommon to essentially keep the discovered problem, bug, whatever and create a workaround no matter what the cost for performance, security, stability etc... So in a way - yes. Windows 10 is not Final Fantasy X to Windows 7 and Final Fantasy VII (the original release on PlayStation, not PlayStation 5, just PlayStation, the first ever). I'm only babbling on what I feel in my gut, might be totally different. What I know for a fact, because I lived it, is Windows 10 performs terribly on old hardware. Probably it was since 8 or 8.1? I don't know that, I jumped straight from 7 to 10. My oldest fully functional computer is HP EliteBook 2540p with 1st generation Core i7. It works beautifully on Linux, doesn't matter what's the DE, most recently I tried just for fun Fedora 36 in all available spins expect for that last weird one. LXDE is fast and responsive beyond any comparison. Windows XP feels slower. But on the opposite site there are GNOME and KDE, both of them work on par with Windows 7. But Windows 10 is just sluggish. I never liked the "modern" look, it's primititive, it's step backward, yet the system feels clogged and there are quite often those situations from Windows 9x era, when I wasn't sure if I double-clicked correctly because some basic piece of software takes so long to start working. I'm not linux advocate, I'm not even enthusiast, but it just feels good to have high-quality alternative