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Microsoft and Canonical partner to bring Ubuntu to Windows 10

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535 points raddad | 6 comments | 30 Mar 16 11:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.775s | source | bottom
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pvdebbe ◴[30 Mar 16 12:07 UTC] No.11388636[source]▶
This has a faint scent of an early April fool joke.
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tempodox ◴[30 Mar 16 13:13 UTC] No.11388969[source]▶
It does, but then find me a Linux user who doesn't dual-boot into Windoze for desktop apps. This way, you save one reboot. I wonder, however, how stable this will be...
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1. jonathonf ◴[30 Mar 16 13:33 UTC] No.11389097[source]▶
As a Linux user you'd want to run Windows as your main OS?

I'd rather use a VM (or WINE).

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2. travjones ◴[30 Mar 16 13:39 UTC] No.11389145[source]▶
I agree. I use a VM for Windows as well. It's probably safer to keep Windows sandboxed away in a VM. I know this doesn't work well for everyone, but any app I use in Windows is not that resource-intensive. I haven't tried WINE recently, but due to headaches years ago, I tend to avoid it and just fire up the VM.
3. nightski ◴[30 Mar 16 13:41 UTC] No.11389162[source]▶
I would. Professionally I command a high rate consulting within the Microsoft ecosystem. All of my professional work is on Windows. However I'd love to run some Linux libraries on Windows. For example, tensorflow would be very useful. Sure I can fire up a VM, but then I lose GPU support which is a big deal.
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4. jonathonf ◴[30 Mar 16 13:56 UTC] No.11389266[source]▶
That use-case is not what I think of when someone says "Linux user" - to me, that's a Windows user who wants to run some Linux software.
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