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Linux runs on more servers than desktops. Can’t imagine the licensing for server editions of Windows will take off when Linux for servers is still FOSS. I thi
by godzillabrennus 7y ago
Linux runs on more servers than desktops.
Can’t imagine the licensing for server editions of Windows will take off when Linux for servers is still FOSS.
I think it’s great that more people are getting access to FOSS on Windows. I remember when Linux didn’t have a package manager and you had to install dependencies manually.
Enabling Windows users a limited Linux experience should help encourage more Linux switchers.
- squarefoot 7y ago"Enabling Windows users a limited Linux experience should help encourage more Linux switchers." I really wished this was the case, however I hardly imagine Microsoft execs discussing at meetings the introduction of WSL to encourage people to switch to Linux.
- rbanffy 7y agoA "limited Linux experience" has been available to Windows users since Cygwin allowed us to have bash and gcc on a Windows machine. I used it a bit in the early 2000's and extensively in 2008-2009 when I was issued my first Windows laptop in ages. Before my laptop suffered a most regrettable accident that rendered the Windows partition inoperable and forced me to switch to Linux. When hardware virtualization became available and memory became more abundant, running Linux VMs was a no-brainer. WSL2 is faster, better integrated and closer to what a Linux environment is supposed to be.