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Ubuntu on Windows

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2049 points bpierre | 2 comments | 30 Mar 16 16:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.411s | source
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zymhan ◴[30 Mar 16 17:09 UTC] No.11390932[source]▶
"Linux geeks can think of it sort of the inverse of "wine" -- Ubuntu binaries running natively in Windows. Microsoft calls it their "Windows Subsystem for Linux"."

I find it amazing that you can have such a functional Ubuntu environment by translating system calls. Microsoft does have the advantage of Linux being open-source I suppose, while the Wine project had to reverse engineer DLLs. Or have you supply them on your own.

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dec0dedab0de ◴[30 Mar 16 17:23 UTC] No.11391074[source]▶
I would rather have the opposite. I would even pay for an official "Windows on Linux". There is a handful of games I would like to play, but other than that I have no interest in windows.
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1. zymhan ◴[30 Mar 16 17:47 UTC] No.11391351[source]▶
I cannot possibly imagine a world where Microsoft cannibalizes their Windows Server sales by creating a Windows Emulation Layer for Linux.

Crossover is probably the best you'll get: https://www.codeweavers.com/products/crossover-linux

Otherwise, if you only need Windows to game, I'd highly suggested PCI Passthrough so that you can use your GPU in a Windows VM: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PCI_passthrough_via_OVM...

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2. dec0dedab0de ◴[30 Mar 16 18:53 UTC] No.11391914[source]▶
I cannot possibly imagine a world where Microsoft cannibalizes their Windows Server sales by creating a Windows Emulation Layer for Linux.

Are there any Windows only server applications that would be useful in a non windows shop? I'm not trying to be snarky, I really can't think of any.

I would expect the most likely users to convert would be those using job specific desktop software.