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> Whatever creates the most pain for Linux / FOSS users. Not necessarily to this level of malice. Many (most?) Linux users, especially new ones, use also Wind

> Whatever creates the most pain for Linux / FOSS users. Not necessarily to this level of malice. Many (most?) Linux users, especially new ones, use also Windows, so all it needs for MS to convince them to use only Windows+WSL and not say a dual boot machine or two machines, is something that just integrates the two systems, so that most users will feel more comfortable running everything under Windows. The killer product in my opinion would be something that allows accessing to Windows internals and GUI from a Linux program (imagine "/usr/bin/excel", a port of Excel that works only under Windows+WSL). Those functionalities would be offered by something that "pure" Linux distributions could not offer, including WINE, since we're talking about the full OS and not an API translation layer. Once users and developers are accustomed to it (many devs already develop under WSL) we'll reach the point in which the two worlds will fork in favor of Windows: what is developed under Linux will also work under Windows+WSL but not the other way around. That would probably be the moment MS will introduce their own Linux distribution (advertised as the only one that can take full advantage of "most recent Linux developments") that under the hood could either be normal Windows+WSL, or a different one containing a "hidden" Windows blob allowing developers to run native Linux, hybrid Linux+Windows, and possibly native Windows apps, either free or a lot cheaper than Windows+WSL. If this happens, most Linux users, especially desktop ones, would rather go back to Windows rather than for example stay with Ubuntu+WINE. Server, embedded and other smaller niches users will make an exception, but Linux is in serious risk of losing all other users.

hparadiz 5y ago
The things that make me not like Windows are it's aggressive Windows Updates, lack of real true security, and the way windows regularly ignores settings. Steam automates configuring Wine for you and most games just work. But for work? There's no reason to use Windows anymore unless you have some proprietary software that runs only on Windows. Btw the whole "Access Windows internals and GUI" from Linux already works. You can just run Windows commands from bash and of course make scripts using those commands so essentially all windows command prompt commands are available to you now. But remember it's Windows. You can set all the registry settings you want but it will still sometimes ignore your settings and just do what it wants.

hparadiz 5y ago

The things that make me not like Windows are it's aggressive Windows Updates, lack of real true security, and the way windows regularly ignores settings. Steam automates configuring Wine for you and most games just work. But for work? There's no reason to use Windows anymore unless you have some proprietary software that runs only on Windows. Btw the whole "Access Windows internals and GUI" from Linux already works. You can just run Windows commands from bash and of course make scripts using those commands so essentially all windows command prompt commands are available to you now. But remember it's Windows. You can set all the registry settings you want but it will still sometimes ignore your settings and just do what it wants.