Microsoft desperately needs to steal this one Linux feature to fix Windows 11, and it's not the package manager
Windows 11 has been criticized for its high resource consumption, particularly on devices with limited RAM. Microsoft has acknowledged the issue but has yet to implement effective solutions. A potential fix could involve adopting Linux's modular desktop environment approach to improve performance.
- ▪Windows 11 can consume up to 6GB of RAM on systems with only 8GB available.
- ▪The current architecture relies on a single process, explorer.exe, to manage multiple functions, leading to inefficiencies.
- ▪Linux distributions offer modular desktop environments that could provide a more efficient alternative for Windows.
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| Publication time | Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:00:22 GMT |
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