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There is absolutely no way, if Windows was to switch to the Linux kernel, they'd base it on any existing distribution. That is hilariously panglossian. The resu
by pram 5y ago
There is absolutely no way, if Windows was to switch to the Linux kernel, they'd base it on any existing distribution. That is hilariously panglossian. The result would be a weird fork like Android or ChromeOS.
This is more like fanfiction about Microsoft adopting the authors favorite stuff, just because.
- jaywalk 5y agoI was trying to think of a way to sum up this blog post, and you nailed it. Fanfiction. That's all this is. "I like these Linux things, so Microsoft should throw away Windows and make it with these things."
- muststopmyths 5y agoI don't think people who write this sort of thing actually have any real concept of operating systems or software development. They probably do have a very refined concept of clickbait though.
- sam_lowry_ 5y agoThe transition is already happening. WSL2 on Windows 11 runs X11 and Wayland apps. Full linux exprience on Windows Server Core is just one release away. See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/tutorials/gui-apps https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/tutorials/gui-a...
- monocasa 5y agoThat's not really a transition though. Windows applications aren't running on the WSL2 kernel. It's just making the use of the underlying hyperv more seamless. It's closer to an IBM model, where they could care less what's running in an LPAR, and explicitly support Linux there, but the legacy stuff is what keeps the bills paid.
- sam_lowry_ 5y agoI couldn't care less about running Windows apps in WSL2. But I want full linux experience in the stifling corporate environment and Windows 11 is a notch closer to delivering it. So far, I have to launch VcXsrv for Linux GUI apps. It works OK, but Windows network reconfiguration breaks connectivity once in a while.