--- title: This Unlikely Microsoft Prediction Might Just Hit The Mark description: A prediction suggests Microsoft might eventually replace Windows with a Linux-based distribution featuring a Windows-themed interface. The argument points to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/this-unlikely-microsoft-prediction-might-just-hit-the-mark-pec0cpaqe twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: This Unlikely Microsoft Prediction Might Just Hit The Mark | daily.dev og:description: A prediction suggests Microsoft might eventually replace Windows with a Linux-based distribution featuring a Windows-themed interface. The argument points to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/this-unlikely-microsoft-prediction-might-just-hit-the-mark-pec0cpaqe og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/pec0CpaQE.png og:image:alt: This Unlikely Microsoft Prediction Might Just Hit The Mark og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # This Unlikely Microsoft Prediction Might Just Hit The Mark **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary A prediction suggests Microsoft might eventually replace Windows with a Linux-based distribution featuring a Windows-themed interface. The argument points to Windows 11's declining user experience, the shift away from desktop computing as the default platform, and Microsoft's loss of gaming dominance to competitors like Steam OS. The idea draws parallels to Apple's BSD-based OS reinvention and Microsoft's existing Azure Linux distribution, suggesting such a move isn't entirely implausible despite seeming unlikely. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@petermrozek** · 0 upvotes > Yeah... Last time I've checked, Steam's very own hardware survey showed Linux at around 4%. "Losing dominance" isn't a phrase that comes to my mind yet. 😉 Still, it's doubled in recent years, so yay! (no, I'm not using Arch BTW 😋) > > I'm all for "everything Linux" (I've been using Linux for around 30 years), but we're definitely not there yet and it will still take a lot of time to get there. Things are improving, but it's a slow process. I'm grateful they are improving, though. ☺️ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [SteamOS scared Microsoft into making Windows less like Windows](https://daily.dev/posts/steamos-scared-microsoft-into-making-windows-less-like-windows-qkjbqmvyd) · XDA Developers · 15 upvotes · 4 comments - [Are consumers just tech debt to Microsoft?](https://daily.dev/posts/are-consumers-just-tech-debt-to-microsoft--pmvtoavh5) · Hacker News · 13 upvotes · 4 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#microsoft](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft), [#windows](https://daily.dev/tags/windows) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/this-unlikely-microsoft-prediction-might-just-hit-the-mark-pec0cpaqe) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"This Unlikely Microsoft Prediction Might Just Hit The Mark","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/this-unlikely-microsoft-prediction-might-just-hit-the-mark-pec0cpaqe","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/this-unlikely-microsoft-prediction-might-just-hit-the-mark-pec0cpaqe"},"datePublished":"2026-01-25T15:13:47.841Z","dateModified":"2026-01-25T15:14:07.100Z","description":"A prediction suggests Microsoft might eventually replace Windows with a Linux-based distribution featuring a Windows-themed interface. 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(no, I’m not using Arch BTW 😋)\nI’m all for “everything Linux” (I’ve been using Linux for around 30 years), but we’re definitely not there yet and it will still take a lot of time to get there. Things are improving, but it’s a slow process. I’m grateful they are improving, though. ☺️","datePublished":"2026-01-26T12:20:27.148Z","dateModified":"2026-01-26T12:21:29.130Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/pec0CpaQE#c-Qi3tHTq3P","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Peter Mrożek","url":"https://daily.dev/petermrozek","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--pBfYX68K--/f_auto/v1769247960/avatars/avatar_Qz65P1nVw3Bu6C5YwaZgA?_a=BAMAMiiu0"}}]} ```