Updated, 2026-10-29: this post now reflects our Linux-first direction. The first version is a personal Linux PC you open in a desktop browser. See Starting with Linux.

Most of our work this month went into the parts of a cloud PC you never see but rely on every time you use it.

That means starting and stopping your PC safely. Switching to a different performance option without losing what’s on its disk, and rolling back cleanly if a change fails. Keeping usage and spending limits in place. Recovering properly when an operation is interrupted halfway.

The full flow for one personal PC, from setting it up to stopping it, now works end to end in our test environment. That includes the My PC screen, which shows your PC’s state and what you can do next.

These tests run against simulated cloud resources. They tell us the controls behave correctly in testing; they do not yet validate the experience on a real Linux Cloud PC.

Since then, local development experiments have tested everyday tasks and whether saved work remains after a restart. These checks are experimental. They are not an available service, and they do not validate a real Cloud PC.

We’re preparing the pieces needed to test the cloud version safely, including checks for access, recovery and the ability to stop a PC. Our pre-launch checklist currently reports “not ready,” as intended, because the evidence it needs from a real Cloud PC doesn’t exist yet. Our most recent screen checks used simulated data, so they show that our screens display correctly, not that a Cloud PC works.

To be clear about what hasn’t happened: no real Linux Cloud PC has been tested yet, and we haven’t tested on real phones or tablets. The Cloud PC service isn’t available, and early access is not open.

The next step is to validate a real Linux Cloud PC in desktop browsers. We want to check that installed Linux apps, saved files and settings survive restarts and performance changes, and test reconnecting, English and Korean input, shortcuts, audio and file transfers. Supported browsers and apps will be published after testing.

After that, we plan to invite a small group of customers in one region. We’ll write about what we learn along the way.

Where we are: the controls work in simulated testing and local experiments continue; no real Cloud PC has been validated yet. Next: validate a real Linux Cloud PC in a desktop browser.