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This is more of "embrace" so the other steps are made obsolete. i.e. anyone running windows who ever considered trying linux will no longer be tempted since he
by kyriakos 6y ago
This is more of "embrace" so the other steps are made obsolete. i.e. anyone running windows who ever considered trying linux will no longer be tempted since he would probably be able to do anything he wanted in windows either way.
- leppr 6y agoAt least for me, a huge part of running a Linux OS is not just having access to some Linux-exclusive features, but not having Windows anti-features. WSL does not give you the non-intrusiveness, better performance, security, and privacy of a native Linux distro installation.
- kyriakos 6y agoDepends on your perspective if you look at it from the perspective enterprise where Microsoft makes a lot of its money its a different story. The enterprise's IT department (which is probably already running Windows with Exchange, Office and the rest of MS stuff) faces the following issue: Developers want Linux tools, but to IT, it makes sense to keep all employees on Windows rather than give developers the option of Linux in order to make their management easier. With WSL the problem is solved, everyone is on Windows and developers get the tools they need.
- stjohnswarts 6y agoLinux is definitely better at privacy by leaps and bounds. But! Performance, no, there are use cases where windows outperforms, and others where Linux does. Security they're almost equal with Linux with a slight advantage if you keep your OS up to date and fire walled.
- rvz 6y agoMicrosoft has created a GPU accelerated DirectX driver with Nvidia that only works on WSL 2. That is 'extend'. [0] I can't begin to imagine if Microsoft starts creating an entire Linux development suite of apps that 'requires' the presence of WSL and Windows installed. [0] https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda/wsl https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda/wsl
- pjmlp 6y agoLike Android and ChromeOS?