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2049 points bpierre | 3 comments | 30 Mar 16 16:35 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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bcantrill ◴[30 Mar 16 19:35 UTC] No.11392265[source]▶
This is great to see, as it's very similar to the approach that we took with LX-branded zones on SmartOS[1][2]. I commented at some length on the other thread on this on HN[3], but I have a bunch of questions about apps that we know to be thorny: Go, strace, tcpdump, systemd, etc. As we learned, this approach is entirely possible -- but there are many, many details to be nailed before you get to the point that you can run production applications on it. So while the journey across the uncanny valley of Linux is long and arduous, we know from our experience that it can be done. Very much hoping that Microsoft gets to the other side -- and that they open source it all so we can all learn from one another!

[1] http://www.slideshare.net/bcantrill/illumos-lx

[2] http://us-east.manta.joyent.com/patrick.mooney/public/talks/...

[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11392119

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crudbug ◴[30 Mar 16 19:39 UTC] No.11392299[source]▶
I think M$ is targeting more developers with *NIX background on the desktop side rather than Linux apps on server. So a bash support with uniform CLI is the end-game.
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talawahdotnet ◴[30 Mar 16 19:45 UTC] No.11392350[source]▶
Yea, I think they are going after developers who use OS X because it is UNIXy. Smart move given how en vogue Apple laptops have become for developers these days.
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noelsusman ◴[30 Mar 16 20:07 UTC] No.11392525[source]▶
It kinda makes me regret my MBP purchase last fall. I really wanted a Surface Pro but I couldn't deal with developing on Windows.
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1. bduerst ◴[30 Mar 16 21:13 UTC] No.11393052[source]▶
Couldn't you just boot linux on the surface?
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2. adrusi ◴[30 Mar 16 23:37 UTC] No.11393864[source]▶
Linux driver support for a lot of the surface hardware leaves much to be desired unless it's changed much since the last I looked.
3. chris11 ◴[30 Mar 16 23:45 UTC] No.11393916[source]▶
I have a surface 3 and I think it is a really well engineered pc. I'm definitely happy with it. But I think the surface/surface pro line has features most other computers don't have. Such as the pen. And I think MS did do a lot of work designing those around Windows. So I'm just assuming a surface or surface pro would be more functional and better supported running windows. If you really wanted to run linux you probably have better options available to you. But you can technically use linux.