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This increases their user base. Every time you install WSL & Bash on Ubuntu on Windows, you are getting a full Ubuntu distribution. The only user base that shr
by nxc18 10y ago
This increases their user base. Every time you install WSL & Bash on Ubuntu on Windows, you are getting a full Ubuntu distribution.
The only user base that shrinks is the Linux Kernel user base; Ubuntu and Linux are two separate concepts, and WSL demonstrates that they are in fact fully separable.
- filomeno 10y agoWell, I always thought Ubuntu was "Linux for human beings". It seems it's now "Bash for Windows users". I don't think this business model will last much longer, though ;-)
- JdeBP 10y agoAs does UbuntuBSD, of course. * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11415985 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11415985