Re: [LINK] Linux running under Windows?!!
On Saturday, 10 November 2018 11:54:16 AEDT Robert Brockway wrote: > Microsoft tried to destroy Linux/open source as it perceived this to be in > its best interests. It failed. Microsoft now works with the Linux/open > source community as it perceives this to be in its best interests. I think Steve Bulmer once pronounced open-source software to be "un-American"! David L. ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
Re: [LINK] Linux running under Windows?!!
On Sat, 10 Nov 2018, David wrote: I wonder what is Microsoft's long-term plan? Further integration in to the open source world I believe. Being able to run Linux apps on Windows doesn't mean there will be widespread abandonment of Linux. The trend has been in the other direction for a couple of decades. Rather it means that cross platform apps will be easier to build. Microsoft has been a member of the Linux Foundation since 2016. A plurality (likely soon to be majority) of VMs running on Microsoft's Azure cloud platform are Linux systems. Microsoft tried to destroy Linux/open source as it perceived this to be in its best interests. It failed. Microsoft now works with the Linux/open source community as it perceives this to be in its best interests. Having been actively involved with the Linux/open source community for over a quarter century I've watched Microsoft change. I remember when the Mozilla development team announced that the Microsoft IE team had contacted them and wanted to meet. They tentatively agreed to the meeting, publicly admitting they didn't know what to expect. That was the first crack in the ice and represented a change of direction (and culture) at Microsoft that took perhaps a decade. I'm looking seriously at using Powershell for my next project because Microsoft ported it to Linux (my preferred platform), released it open source, and it seems like the right job for the task. Cheers, Rob ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
Re: [LINK] Linux running under Windows?!!
On Sat, 2018-11-10 at 10:13 +1100, David wrote: > While looking for something quite unrelated I stumbled on the article > at https://www.howtogeek.com/265900/everything-you-can-do-with- > windows-10s-new-bash-shell/ which describes how Linux and Linux > applications can now be run under Windows-10. Um, not quite. Shell stuff, yes. You get bash, and pretty much anything command line. You can't run anything graphical as far as I know. Still, it's a way better solution than cygwin, and you really do get the full power of a Unix command line. > You just have to enable the Windows > Subsystem for Linux feature, and then install your chosen Linux > distribution—for example, Ubuntu—from the Windows Store. Funny they didn't call it "the Linux subssystem for Windows feature". > I wonder what is Microsoft's long-term plan? I think it's safe to say that their long-term plan is the same as it ever was. "Embrace, extend, extinguish". Regards, K. -- ~~~ Karl Auer (ka...@biplane.com.au) http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer http://twitter.com/kauer389 GPG fingerprint: A0CD 28F0 10BE FC21 C57C 67C1 19A6 83A4 9B0B 1D75 Old fingerprint: A52E F6B9 708B 51C4 85E6 1634 0571 ADF9 3C1C 6A3A ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
