Hello Nixers, Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 will have a Linux ABI. What this means is that it will be able to run native Linux binaries by presenting them with a Linux compatible system call table.
Since the only dependency Nix has on the underlying OS is the kernel ABI I believe that this means that you should be able to use Nix on Windows 10 just by treading it as x86 Linux. I doubt GUI apps will work because of the different display server and whatnot but I imagine that almost all apps will work without any changes or recompiling. Very slow link: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/DevelopersCanRunBashShellAndUsermodeUbuntuLinuxBinariesOnWindows10.aspx Google cache: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.hanselman.com/blog/DevelopersCanRunBashShellAndUsermodeUbuntuLinuxBinariesOnWindows10.aspx More mediaish link: http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2016/03/ubuntu-on-windows.html I'm interesting in hearing what you guys think?
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