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Ubuntu Linux is Available in the Windows Store

posted by CoolHand on Tuesday July 11 2017, @05:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the embrace-extend-extinguish dept.

Fnord666 writes:

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: 3, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday July 11 2017, @08:39PM (1 child)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday July 11 2017, @08:39PM (#537782) Journal

    Yeah, if there's one company the term "cultural appropriation" can actually be unironically levelled at, it's Canonical. They've gone from ostensibly embracing the Zulu concept of "ubuntu" (roughly "we are one/humans are because humanity is") to a bunch of literal latte-swilling hipsters. Their forum measures post count with coffeebeans FFS.

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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Tuesday July 11 2017, @09:28PM

    by kaszz (4211) on Tuesday July 11 2017, @09:28PM (#537800) Journal

    Their forum measures post count with coffeebeans

    I.I.II hahahavvvve.e.e.e.e n..onono aa.b.b.b.ssti.n.n.enence! *shake*shake*

    Classic case of fingers programming but the brain won't keep up and the resulting code ends up being code salad? ;-)
    At least the PR department planning author may suffer ;)