I have the version that’s 2 gens older than this one. it’s great! I’ll certainty be tempted to upgrade to the 7 in a year or two

in the actual sense or in the Todd Howard sense?

I mean, why not do that, from their perspective. Linux has been around for a long time and Windows still maintains market share. They don’t feel threatened at this point, so might as well have the explanation of how to install Linux be a subtle ad for Windows.