I’ve got one main problem with this: it assumes Microsoft will just abandon the regular desktop. I don’t think that’s happening. Now, it’s possible the reason they had the crazy system requirements for Win11 was to prepare people for Win365, but I don’t think they will give up the regular desktop so easily. I’ve seen similar articles from the register, and the evidence is there, no doubt, but are you sure M$ will release a Win365 Boot, as a Linux app? Are we? And if it does, what packaging will they choose, huh? Native packages, so only the popular distros could run it, Flatpaks, which mostly allow only open source apps, or Snaps, which are backed by a long-term business partner in the face of Canonical. Yup, I think if we get Win365 Boot or whatever this 1984 bullshit is called, it will be packaged as a snap. It might be packaged under multiple formats, and it might even be open source (although I wouldn’t count on it), but this is the likely future, if it even gets a Linux package. What if it doesn’t? What if everyone moves to the cloud but can only use Win11 on the desktop to access it?
I’ve got one main problem with this: it assumes Microsoft will just abandon the regular desktop. I don’t think that’s happening. Now, it’s possible the reason they had the crazy system requirements for Win11 was to prepare people for Win365, but I don’t think they will give up the regular desktop so easily. I’ve seen similar articles from the register, and the evidence is there, no doubt, but are you sure M$ will release a Win365 Boot, as a Linux app? Are we? And if it does, what packaging will they choose, huh? Native packages, so only the popular distros could run it, Flatpaks, which mostly allow only open source apps, or Snaps, which are backed by a long-term business partner in the face of Canonical. Yup, I think if we get Win365 Boot or whatever this 1984 bullshit is called, it will be packaged as a snap. It might be packaged under multiple formats, and it might even be open source (although I wouldn’t count on it), but this is the likely future, if it even gets a Linux package. What if it doesn’t? What if everyone moves to the cloud but can only use Win11 on the desktop to access it?
Win365 like GeForce now (or stadia). You could run it from an android TV, but will you run it in the end? It’s a dangerous path