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Microsoft just announced that three different versions of the free Linux operating system — Ubuntu, Suse, and Fedora — are coming to the Windows Store, the app market in Windows 10.
It sounds weird, but it makes perfect sense. In early 2016, Microsoft announced the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), a way for developers to use full versions of Linux within Windows 10 itself.
Putting aside the historical ramifications here — Microsoft spent the 90s unsuccessfully trying to stamp out Linux, a free alternative to Windows — it was a move intended to bait programmers into using Windows 10.
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-store-gets-ubuntu-suse-fedora-linux-2017-5
(Score: 2) by Pino P on Monday May 15 2017, @03:29PM
I think this is pitched as a better cygwin, for when you are forced to run windows at work (of course they probably phrase this differently).
Or a better Cygwin for when your laptop isn't fully compatible with Linux-on-the-metal, such as WLAN or suspend being broken. This can happen, for example, when no local computer stores are advertising new laptops specifically designed for use with GNU/Linux.