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Microsoft Windows Linux for Everybody

posted by martyb on Sunday March 15 2020, @03:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the EEE? dept.

takyon writes:

Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux is coming to all Windows 10 users (archive):

You won't have to be a tester to try Windows 10's new, built-in Linux kernel in the near future. Microsoft has confirmed that Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 will be widely available when Windows 10 version 2004 arrives. You'll have to install it manually for a "few months" until an update adds automatic installs and updates, but that's a small price to pay if you want Linux and Windows to coexist in peace and harmony. It'll be easier to set up, at least -- the kernel will now be delivered through Windows Update instead of forcing you to install an entire Windows image.

Embrace, Extend... Excite!

Windows blog post.

Previously: Windows 10 Will Soon Ship with a Full, Open Source, GPLed Linux Kernel

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 15 2020, @12:26PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 15 2020, @12:26PM (#971541)

    What does the new kernel shim give me

    Choice ?

    Choice is good, right ? Isn't that what you geeks keep repeating day in and day out ?

  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday March 16 2020, @03:11PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 16 2020, @03:11PM (#971901) Journal

    I CHOOSE NOT to run Windows. (Except at work, where someone else is responsible for maintaining it.)

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    The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.