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Here's a statement that would have been unimaginable in previous years: Ubuntu has arrived in the Windows Store. As promised back in May, you can now download a flavor of the popular Linux distribution to run inside Windows 10. It won't compare to a conventional Ubuntu installation, as it's sandboxed (it has limited interaction with Windows) and is focused on running command line utilities like bash or SSH. However, it also makes running a form of Linux relatively trivial. You don't have to dual boot, install a virtual machine or otherwise jump through any hoops beyond a download and ticking a checkbox.
Source: Engadget
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 11 2017, @08:14PM (2 children)
I have to wonder what happens to "Linux" when Windoze bluescreens/locks up/crashes/gets pwned?
What happens when MICROS~1 decides it's time for an update and seizes control of the box for part of an hour?
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(Score: 2) by frojack on Tuesday July 11 2017, @08:34PM (1 child)
What? You've never seen Linux Crash all by itself?
How is this different, other than you can fairly simply backup the entire container?
The linux process will just get very few cycles. And even if Windows 10 decided to force a reboot, (which it is actually pretty good about avoiding when something is running), it would gracefully shut down any well behaved running tasks. That's the nice thing about containers - they usually behave.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by gawdonblue on Tuesday July 11 2017, @10:25PM
You're correct about Windows not crashing as much as it used to. Neither Windows nor Linux crash often these days, and usually only from hardware faults.
However, in regular use of Windows 7, 10, and various Server editions at work the main problem with them all is that they still can become slow & unresponsive and require a reboot. As a precaution my current employer still schedules regular reboots for Windows and architects our Windows servers in pairs with load-balancing so that we can maintain uptime (which in turn adds complexity to our Windows service software). We don't have similar slowdowns to Linux and rely on single instances to do the job and usually only shutdown during a full planned outage.
Just my observations from supporting various OSes over the years. Hopefully it's as valid as yours.