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Microsoft Windows Linux for Everybody

posted by martyb on Sunday March 15 2020, @03:28AM   
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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Original Submission

• Re:This is a sideways attack on FOSS compilers (Score: 4, Funny) by turgid on Sunday March 15 2020, @02:16PM

  by turgid (4318) on Sunday March 15 2020, @02:16PM (#971563) Journal

  With systemd coming in from the other side, this is what Hannibal would have called a pincer movement. I used to watch the A-Team. Maybe BA will build us an armoured vehicle to help us escape?

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  I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].

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