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posted by martyb on Saturday March 14 2020, @08:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the bored-of-the-board dept.

Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft board to focus on philanthropy

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is stepping down from the company's board to spend more time on philanthropic activities.

He says he wants to focus on global health and development, education and tackling climate change.

One of the world's richest men, Mr Gates, 65, has also left the board of Warren Buffett's massive holding company, Berkshire Hathaway.

Mr Gates stepped down from his day-to-day role running Microsoft in 2008.

Also at CNBC.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 15 2020, @01:12AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 15 2020, @01:12AM (#971408)

    > Nah, they will keep Windows but just throw Linux in there
    Linux is already in Windows 10
    Go to “turn windows features on or off”
    Enable
    “Windows subsystem for Linux”

  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday March 15 2020, @01:21AM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Sunday March 15 2020, @01:21AM (#971413) Journal

    See the upcoming story.

    WSL2 will be generally available in Windows 10, version 2004 [microsoft.com]

    March 13, 2020

    WSL2 will soon be officially available as part of Windows 10, version 2004! As we get ready for general availability, we want to share one additional change: updating how the Linux kernel inside of WSL2 is installed and serviced on your machine. We’ve heard lots of community feedback that the install experience could be streamlined, and we’re taking the first step towards this by improving the servicing model of the Linux kernel. We’ve removed the Linux kernel from the Windows OS image and instead will be delivering it to your machine via Windows Update, the same way that 3rd party drivers (like graphics, or touchpad drivers) are installed and updated on your machine today. This change will give you more agility and flexibility over Linux kernel updates in WSL2.

    It should eventually become a default feature of new Windows installations, and more widely used.

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    [SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]