Well, the actual kernel isn't going to be present, but the layer that is provided uses the work "Linux" in its title, so they must have paid for it somehow :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux
I run a Windows 10 machine at home in order to play games (specifically, Elite Dangerous was the deciding factor), and having decent tools on it as well will help to turn it into a computer as well as a gaming machine ... :-) -jim On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 11:49 AM, Volker Kuhlmann <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue 28 Jun 2016 08:23:42 NZST +1200, Jim Cheetham wrote: > >> The next update to Windows 10 will allow you to install a complete Ubuntu >> distribution (without the Linux kernel itself, there's a shim layer >> provided by Microsoft ) and run commands from it natively; > > So Linux on the desktop is now provided by Microsoft...??? ROTFL... > > Volker > > -- > Volker Kuhlmann > http://volker.top.geek.nz/ Please do not CC list postings to me. > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
