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Has no one seen this yet? Don't cross the streams!
Earlier today, we wrote that Microsoft was going to add some big new features to the Windows Subsystem for Linux, including native support for Docker containers. It turns out that that ain't the half of it.
Not even half.
All is changing with Windows Subsystem for Linux 2. Instead of emulating the Linux kernel APIs on the NT kernel, WSL 2 is going to run a full Linux kernel in a lightweight virtual machine. This kernel will be trimmed down and tailored to this particular use case, with stripped-down hardware support (since it will defer to the host Windows OS for that) and faster booting.
The Linux kernel is GPLed open source; the GPL license requires that any modifications made to the code must be published and made available under the GPL license. Microsoft will duly comply with this, publishing the patches and modifications it makes to the kernel. WSL 2 will also use a similar split as the current WSL does: the kernel component will be shipped with Windows while "personalities" as provided by the various Linux distributions can be installed from the Microsoft Store.
To quote Han Solo, "I've got a bad feeling about this."
(Score: 4, Insightful) by DannyB on Tuesday May 07 2019, @03:44PM (3 children)
Microsoft has turned other internet meme jokes into reality.
Remember when there were jokes (on Usenet I think) about emails that could infect your system -- even if the email were not read! OMG!!!
Of course, everyone who understood that email was just plain text understood it as a prank.
But Microsoft turned it into a reality.
Don't put a mindless tool of corporations in the white house; vote ChatGPT for 2024!
(Score: 2) by Pslytely Psycho on Tuesday May 07 2019, @11:52PM (2 children)
I had forgotten that one!
There are days that I miss the pre-connected world.
We thought it would be great giving everyone a voice.
Then we discovered how stupid the bulk of humanity is.....and how accurate George Carlin's observations were.
“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” George Carlin
Oops, sorry, a bit sidetracked there!
Peace out!
Alex Jones lawyer inspires new TV series: CSI Moron Division.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday May 08 2019, @01:58PM (1 child)
In the pre-Web days of Usenet it became quite apparent when AOL poisoned Usenet by creating an AOL gateway to Usenet noise-groups.
The Web came later. By then it was obvious to anyone on Usenet how stupid the average unwashed masses were.
Don't put a mindless tool of corporations in the white house; vote ChatGPT for 2024!
(Score: 2) by Pslytely Psycho on Wednesday May 08 2019, @02:25PM
And it was already too late to stop the tsunami of stupidity that would follow.....
*grin*
Alex Jones lawyer inspires new TV series: CSI Moron Division.