Personally it was not. I did not like the UI changes in explorer and nor did i see any performance jumps. Hence, i rolled back to the w10
Perhaps you can take a call on if you want the new UI (i personally like the older one a lot more as I'm used to it), and can switch based on that
Not really, unless you're a fan of the UI/UX changes.
Gaming under Linux is really good nowadays. You'll only have compatibility issues on a few of the most popular multiplayer games due to poor anticheat. It's a small price to pay in order to be able to run Linux, which gets better every year (increasingly so in recent years).
Windows tears itself apart every year or so anyway - back up your stuff, throw Linux Mint/Fedora/Garuda Linux on it, and try gaming with it for a bit. If you're just not feeling it, install Windows 11 after that. No reason to give up early.
imo if you have a compatible machine (& prefer the taskbar at the bottom of the screen), then yes. it's essentially just 10 with some kernel/core updates & a new ui that's much better.
prefer the taskbar at the bottom of the screen
This is 90% of the reason i haven't upgraded to 11 yet. I want my taskbar vertically on the left damnit!
No. It's strictly worse than Windows 10.
It has a newer kernel and more bells and whistles. Performance-wise I dun think it is that different from 10, except for newer hardware. If it is for gaming, I dun think it matters much. The recent versions are stable enough and Microsoft has ironed out enough kinks already.
I run Linux too and know that both 10 and 11 run the same couple games exactly as well, but Windows 11 won’t install unless you have a TPM module set up properly on your motherboard. Just because of that I use 10 because of less hassle.
At the moment no, is trash, the taskbar is broken and unusable.
In September looks like they're adding back basic functionality to the taskbar so it can be considered an upgrade
I don't know how it took so much time to fix that taskbar... Incompetence? Everyone with more than 1 year of experience left the team?
It's honestly just ten but better. Easier on your system, less superfluous animations, and it's organized a bit better. Most windows 10 apps are compatible out of the box as well.
Not worth it. For everyday use you won't see a difference. For some games, and if you happen to run Unreal Engine or some software that needs DirectX - you may find compatibility and stability issues.
Haven't had any issues personally, and haven't noticed any massive changes from 10.
Windows 10 feels like a better Operating System, with Win11 being a beta program for features.
As long as you don't mind the task bar being glued to the bottom of your screen, I think Windows 11 is a net improvement over 10. The new features in WSL are particularly cool.
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