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Unix To Beef Up Longhorn

Posted by Hemos on from the going-to-the-root-of-the-matter dept.

An anonymous reader writes "VNUnet has a story about Longhorn having the ability to run unix or linux code via SFU." Microsoft's site has a lot more information about SFU itself. Regardless of ideological bent, it's an interesting piece o' technology.

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  1. Modified Unix commands... by lacrymology.com · · Score: 0, Troll

    Did anyone noticed how Traff-O-Data modified the Unix environment with SFU?

    ls becomes l$
    sed becomes $ed
    man becomes clippy
    and plus they are touting the next generation of PO$IX compliance!

    -m

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  2. Re:Really? Does that now mean that.... by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    "S(t)FU ! :P (Score:0, Troll) "

    Guess the mods don't always RTFA.

  3. Why do you want it? by Bad+Boy+Marty · · Score: 0, Troll

    Windows is only suitable for playing games, and there are many good tools in Linux that let me manipulate the data files for my favorite games. (#1 on that list of games would currently be Neverwinter Nights, et seq.)

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