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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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• Re:For the first time Re:For the first time (Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 15 2020, @02:08PM (2 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 15 2020, @02:08PM (#971560)

  SYSTEMD.DLL would be a whole new dimension of pain

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• Re:For the first time (Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday March 15 2020, @03:53PM

  by khallow (3766) on Sunday March 15 2020, @03:53PM (#971581) Journal

  Not at all. A few quick edits of Windows registryd's binary files will fix up any minor problems you might have.

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• Re:For the first time (Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday March 16 2020, @03:14PM

  by DannyB (5839) on Monday March 16 2020, @03:14PM (#971903) Journal

  Maybe Microsoft will ban systemd from WSL ?

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  To transfer files: right-click on file, pick Copy. Unplug mouse, plug mouse into other computer. Right-click, paste.

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