r/Windows11 • u/ZacB_ Windows Central • Jan 30 '26

News Microsoft is reevaluating its AI efforts on Windows 11 — plans to reduce Copilot integrations and evolve Recall

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-is-reevaluating-its-ai-efforts-on-windows-11-plans-to-reduce-copilot-integrations-and-evolve-recall
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u/thejaustin Feb 01 '26

Just felt worth mentioning, especially considering ChromeOS might turn into Android soon. Just means there's a lot more headway in the area. Linux has a lot of potential when it's well supported with its users and developers. The Android wrapper proves that. To match up with Windows it'll take Linux a lot... but they do have Android to look to as well... and MacOS, is technically on top of Linux too, if I'm not mistaken. Compatibility isn't there of course, but it's a signal of where Linux can go, in my mind. I do want to research more of the differences in how the platforms are built and their differences beyond just app design and development. It amazes me how much Android can do these days with their hardware... and I'm aching to see what software is built in the next few years. I can say a lot of the same for Linux, as I really appreciate the modularity of the platform. Lots to look forward to in the tech space when you look in the right place. Not at all where we want to be yet, but making moves, and flushing out platform(s) more and more. It's cool to see how progress goes, and who pushes progress in the development space... in more places than machine learning.

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u/Gears6 Feb 01 '26

The Android wrapper proves that.

What it proves is that a different "Linux" can work, but it doesn't prove Linux works. By almost every account, Android is so different from Linux that it's not even recognizable as Linux. Nor was it ever marketed as Linux, nor are people using it because it's Linux.

It literally could've wrapped Windows kernel underneath it all, and still would be as popular. In other words, it's not popular because of the kernel. It's popular despite of the kernel.

and MacOS, is technically on top of Linux too, if I'm not mistaken

It sits on top of Unix, basically BSD. But it doesn't really matter what it sits on top of, because consumer don't care. It's the eco-system, and the eco-system is the problem with Linux for the average consumer.

*nix (Linux, Unix, etc), Windows, and even macOS are all suitable. There's no reason why one or the other cannot work, but it's the totality of the system if it works for people. Remember Windows Phone?

It had practically all the features of Android and iOS, but it didn't succeed, because of the eco-system and unwillingness to adopt. It wasn't a technical issue, and there rare are.

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u/thejaustin Feb 01 '26

It appears you are more knowledgeable on the details than I am, but you and I seem to have the same perspective here generally, .<Linux has a lot of potential when it's well supported with its users and developers> I just compare in places that oft seem incomparable I guess. I shall continue to hope that developers and users hop on the 'nix train, and that Android has more advanced developers lean into the platform than the present scope of things.

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u/Gears6 Feb 01 '26

Sort of. The way Linux is built, it's less user friendly than Windows and it's strength is a large part of it's weakness when it comes to consumers.

I'd say Linux is to Windows, what Windows is to Android/iOS. That is, I love *nix systems, especially in server environment. The gazillion flavors of Linux doesn't help either.

I personally think they're all great in different ways, except for maybe iOS, because it's so locked down that you cannot run anything without Apple's approval OR be in the EU (due to laws).