The title is somewhat misleading. This is old news and it&#x27;s only applicable to various Windows versions - MS has traditionally spent efforts ensuring that supported versions of Windows work with latest hardware. They&#x27;re saying they&#x27;ll no longer do that - implying that if you buy new hardware (Kaby Lake based system for e.g.) they&#x27;ll not guarantee that Win7&#x2F;8.1 will work with it.<p>Linux will work the same way it has - you might need a newer distribution, support maybe flakey initially, Intel might cut costs and decide some SoCs won&#x27;t be supported by their open source efforts etc. Or it might all work great - this news doesn&#x27;t change that.