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
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 12 2017, @02:02AM
I see it as Windows used (not users) now have an officially sanctioned pathway to upgrade their systems. And having once tasted Ubuntu, they may yeah even (oh horror), discover other distros that are even better.
Yet sadly so many, programmed by the Blue Screen of Death, will choose the Blue Pill, over and over....