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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:Using it right now (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 16 2020, @03:44AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 16 2020, @03:44AM (#971781)

  I'm still too leery of "embrace, extend, extinguish".

  That company has made a reputation that is not easy for me to forget.

  It's good enough for business, where it's really not all that important if it works or it can be trusted, but it's not something I would choose as a long time partner.

  I see it more like a one night paid stand.

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