Archived Microsoft is bringing the Bash shell to Windows 10 (techcrunch.com)
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Archived Microsoft is bringing the Bash shell to Windows 10 (techcrunch.com)
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[–] kwibjo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend_and_extinguish
[–] moneyshift ago
Microsoft the Patent Troll is coming to a Linux distro near you.
[–] PrettyLittlePony 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
So... this is for all the people that are too lame to install Cygwin? What would those people do with bash anyway?
[–] whisky_cat 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I used to dev on Windows (many years ago now). Installing Cygwin was awful. Git bash was better, and Gow was pretty nice & lightweight.
That said after years without Windows I see no reason to go back. I do still run a Win7 box, recently it fatally crashed on a Windows auto-update but got it restored by a sharp IT guy.
[–] RevanProdigalKnight 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Installing Cygwin isn't so bad these days, but if it was a step I could avoid, I would avoid it, because selecting packages is still a bit of an obtuse process.
[–] whisky_cat 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
For a more technical read check out http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2016/03/ubuntu-on-windows.html?m=1
[–] stretched_girl 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
LOLS
I'd stick with Cygwin.
[–] [deleted] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
[–] stretched_girl 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Very true.
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[–] PrettyLittlePony 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
No, its not. The kernel is the only thing that is good about OS/2 ehhh... Windows I mean.
[–] 4779898? 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Soon it will be called Microsoft Linux.
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[–] forgetmyname ago (edited ago)
the bigger RH gets the more likely they will be absorbed into the behemoth of MS, IBM, Apple, Samsung, Google etc in a blink of an eye.
[–] Frenchgeek ago
Xenix you mean?