Windows (operating system)#
Windows is a family of operating systems developed by Microsoft. It was first released in 1985 and has since become the most popular desktop operating system worldwide, with a market share of about 70%. The latest version for consumer PCs and tablets is Windows 11, while certain older versions are still supported and maintained by Microsoft.
Key considerations#
- You'll need to make an installer and potentially a portable package with auto updating to distribute your application despite Windows offers an "official" software repository
- Windows is the only system that is not Unix-like, despite it provides POSIX-compliant APIs
- You might need to sign your executables, otherwise Windows would probably treat your application as a virus and make launching your executables a lot harder