Another bonus for using Virtual Box is that you can have 2 desktops /
Windows side by side. Being easier to transfer data

On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 12:29 PM, Jim Cheetham <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
> >
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