By Digital Foundry
Publication Date: 2026-04-29 15:14:00
There’s a growing support amongst PC gamers for Linux, as Windows 11 becomes increasingly complex and Valve’s Proton compatibility layer for running Windows games gets ever better. That’s caused something of a crisis within Microsoft, especially given its upcoming Project Helix console, and we’re now starting to see signs of the major Windows 11 update intended to redress those concerns.
According to Zac Browden at Windows Central, the update is codenamed K2 and is intended to be a structural overhaul that focuses on speed, simplicity and customisability across several updates. Here are the six best mooted features.
Improved gaming performance
Windows has been the de facto home of PC gaming for years, so the fact that Windows games can run faster via Proton translation on Linux is something of a bloody nose for Microsoft. Similarly, it’s never a great look when your previous operating system beats your new one in terms of average frame-rates, something that we saw in our CPU…
