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Ubuntu on Windows

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2049 points bpierre | 1 comments | 30 Mar 16 16:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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msoad ◴[30 Mar 16 17:15 UTC] No.11390994[source]▶
So what OS you're going to get when you run an application under this? So if I run this:

    node -e 'console.log(require("os").type())'
What it's going to print?
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zxcvcxz ◴[30 Mar 16 21:22 UTC] No.11393115[source]▶
I just see this as a headache for developers.

I don't want or need a Linux ABI, I just want to run a Linux container on Windows (if I have to use windows, which I would prefer not to do).

If node running on windows needs access to a database running on the Linux layer then what happens when things aren't working? They can't possibly make all programs interact in a seamless way.

I'm imagining frankenstein programs that are hacked together with code that only works on this frankenstein OS.

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1. xorblurb ◴[30 Mar 16 21:54 UTC] No.11393341[source]▶
If you want a Linux container on Windows (which they do not seem to propose right away, but it seems a logical step), you need a Linux ABI.