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Say hi to Microsoft's own Linux: CBL-Mariner
Microsoft has its own Linux distribution and, yes, you can download, install and run it. In fact, you may want to do just that.
Ok, so it's not named MS-Linux or Lindows, but Microsoft now has its very own, honest-to-goodness general-purpose Linux distribution: Common Base Linux, (CBL)-Mariner. And, just like any Linux distro, you can download it and run it yourself. Amazing isn't it? Why the next thing you know Microsoft will let you run Windows applications on Linux! Oh, wait it has!
[...] Microsoft didn't make a big fuss about releasing CBL-Mariner. It quietly released the code on GitHub and anyone can use it. Indeed, Juan Manuel Rey, a Microsoft Senior Program Manager for Azure VMware, recently published a guide on how to build an ISO CBL-Mariner image. Before this, if you were a Linux expert, with a spot of work you could run it, but now, thanks to Rey, anyone with a bit of Linux skill can do it.
CBL-Mariner is not a Linux desktop. Like Azure Sphere, Microsoft's first specialized Linux distro, which is used for securing edge computing services, it's a server-side Linux.
This Microsoft-branded Linux is an internal Linux distribution. It's meant for Microsoft's cloud infrastructure and edge products and services. Its main job is to provide a consistent Linux platform for these devices and services. Just like Fedora is to Red Hat, it keeps Microsoft on Linux's cutting edge.
Is this the year of the Linux desktop?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 20 2021, @11:45PM (3 children)
https://www.britannica.com/video/179508/Israelites-Overview-Moses-slavery [britannica.com]
"hese drawings on the walls of a temple show the Hebrews, the people of Moses, long before he was commanded by God to deliver them from slavery. The drawings make it quite clear who was in charge. Here, a big, strong Egyptian demonstrates his power over grovelling slaves."
This depends on what you define as slaves. They were slaves, but they were paid. Right now, it is commonly agreed that Qatar uses slave labor, yet they do pay them. The people who built the pyramids were paid, but they were slaves - as in not free to leave. "Many slaves who worked for temple estates lived under punitive conditions"
"Masters of Ancient Egypt were under obligations when owning slaves." There was a legal process where they could apply to leave their master, however no cases were found that this ever took place. So, paid slave labor. This is called selling yourself into bonded slave labor. "Although slaves were not “free” or rightfully independent, slaves in the New Kingdom were able to leave their master if they had a “justifiable grievance”. Historians have read documents about situations where this could be a possibility but it is still uncertain if independence from slavery was attainable."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_ancient_Egypt [wikipedia.org]
Now, this is not 6th grade learning material. It is however learned in college. Which you and your GED clearly did not attend, instead learning history from youtube videos made by other crazy people like yourself.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 21 2021, @12:21AM (2 children)
And what is the composition of those slaves? The modern consensus is that Jews were not in Egypt in any real number, let alone as slaves. [google.com]Where there Semitic slaves? Yes, but most semites back then weren't Jews and semites still represented a minority of slaves. I notice one of your sources is relying on Exodus, which scholars do not believe to be accurate, if it even happened at all. There is no good evidence that up to 3 million people left Egypt at once nor of Moses. Maybe you should have paid more attention in college, or ask for your money back.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 21 2021, @02:07AM (1 child)
Dumptruck69 never made the claim there was a large number of slaves. The redneck made that up, and it was never said. What was said is that Jews were slaves, not that they had slaves - which was the redneck's original claim.
You clearly didn't read the encyclopedia britannica link. It's based on paintings, not on exodus. We have found paintings depicting slavery. I would like to know what you think is accomplished arguing against something, when you didn't read what it said. Looking like an idiot is one thing. What else?
"There is no good evidence that up to 3 million people left Egypt at once nor of Moses" - cool, good thing no one was arguing that. They were arguing that jews were the slaves, not owned the slaves.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 21 2021, @03:45AM
The title is literally: Learn about the Hebrews, whom Moses led out of slavery in Egypt. Or how about: But who were these people in thrall to the Egyptians? The Bible describes them as nomads who ended up wandering onto Egyptian territory, where they were made the slaves of the Egyptian state. Or Moses was one of these workers. He, and a chance event, changed history. Or maybe the entire closing paragraph of The Bible describes how Moses sees one of his comrades being beaten by an Egyptian guard. In a burst of fury, Moses kills the guard, later burying the body in the sandy soil. Moses has to flee for his life. Putting 400 kilometers between himself and the scene of his crime, he ends up in the Sinai mountains. He lived here for years, taking a wife. Ten years later, the Bible tells us, he returns. He has been commanded to confront the Pharaoh and release his people from their bondage.