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Microsoft and Canonical partner to bring Ubuntu to Windows 10

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535 points raddad | 2 comments | 30 Mar 16 11:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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JustSomeNobody ◴[30 Mar 16 13:59 UTC] No.11389290[source]▶
I think eventually, we'll see Windows transform into a Linux distro with a Windows UI.

I'm not trying to wrinkle anyone's shorts, but this just makes a lot of financial sense. Let the "community" do most of the OS development and only maintain the Windows UI. This allows them to focus more on services and Azure.

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criley2 ◴[30 Mar 16 14:12 UTC] No.11389373[source]▶
>I think eventually, we'll see Windows transform into a Linux distro with a Windows UI.

As long as you consider OSX to be a Linux distro (lol) with a Apple UI, then sure.

But I doubt Microsoft ever gets any closer to unix-like systems than Apple is.

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Delmania ◴[30 Mar 16 16:10 UTC] No.11390303[source]▶
> But I doubt Microsoft ever gets any closer to unix-like systems than Apple is.

I'm confused by this comment. OS X is literally UNIX. In fact, I think it's the ONLY UNIX system available to consumers.

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1. SSLy ◴[30 Mar 16 16:28 UTC] No.11390462[source]▶
You can get solaris for free from oracle.
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2. Delmania ◴[30 Mar 16 17:04 UTC] No.11390894[source]▶
I knew that, but I left it out because I don't consider it consumer-grade. It's not something you'd find on a PC you'd buy at Best Buy, Tiger Direct, Amazon, etc, nor is it something you'd give to a non technical user and expect them to use.