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Isn't the Microsoft project just emulating Linux system calls? If that is so, how does it have _anything_ with GNU to do? Just be cause many people use the GNU
by iso-8859-1 11y ago
Isn't the Microsoft project just emulating Linux system calls? If that is so, how does it have _anything_ with GNU to do? Just be cause many people use the GNU userland and glibc doesn't mean it isn't possible to run other stuff. Calling the project GNU/kWindows is wrong since GNU is not necessarily included.
- tagrun 11y agoThey're emulating Linux system calls in order to run GNU userland on it. Yes, they can theoretically run non-GNU userland (such as Android userland programs), but that's not what they're trying to do.
- mikegerwitz 11y agoThe discussion largely focuses on the ability to run Bash and other GNU command-line software on Windows. https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/2016/04/06/bash-on-ubuntu-on-windows-download-now-3/ https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/2016/04/06/bash... Actually, I'm pleasantly surprised to see that this Microsoft post refers to GNU/Linux.