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Every time a post like this comes up, I state this opinion: I fully believe that Windows will _eventually_ be replaced with a desktop environment running on to

by nynx 5y ago

Every time a post like this comes up, I state this opinion: I fully believe that Windows will _eventually_ be replaced with a desktop environment running on top of the linux kernel.

calvin_ 5y ago
Not because it'd be any good, but because it'd be cheaper for Microsoft.
- pjmlp 5y ago
  Just like Linux only started getting all the money from IBM back in 2000, because it was cheaper than Aix and a good way for IBM to disrupt Microsoft offerings in the enterprise.
donkarma 5y ago
yes and break every single kernel driver ever, nice one
- account42 5y ago
  Kernel drivers can also put behind a compatibility shim if desired, see e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NDISwrapper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NDISwrapper But it's also not like Windows has ever had the same backwards compatibility guarantee for drivers as it has had for applications.
wmf 5y ago
No, desktop Linux will be replaced by WSL running on top of Windows.
- Snetry 5y ago
  eh maybe when WSL starts actually being Linux instead of just a cobbled together mess running under the NT kernel
  - markmark 5y ago
    WSL2 is just a Linux VM running on HyperV.
  - pjmlp 5y ago
    Hidding in a cave? That is exactly what WSL 2 is, Linux running directly on top of Hyper-V.
gsich 5y ago
Only if it's from Microsoft.