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WLinux, the First Paid-for Linux Distro for Windows 10, Goes On Sale on Microsoft Store (techrepublic.com)

Posted by msmash on from the how-about-that dept.

puddingebola shares a report: WLinux is a $20 open-source, Debian-based distribution, designed to run on Windows 10's Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). The WSL allows Windows 10 to run various GNU/Linux distros inside Windows as Microsoft Store apps, providing access to Ubuntu, openSUSE, Debian, Fedora, Kali Linux, and others. The WSL has disadvantages over a running a dedicated GNU/Linux system. For example, there's no official support for desktop environments or graphical applications, and I/O performance bottlenecks, but it is being improved over time. The developers of WLinux describe it as a "fast Linux terminal environment for developers", saying it is the first distribution to be "pre-configured and optimized to run specifically on Windows Subsystem for Linux". Announcing WLinux's availability, Microsoft program manager Tara Raj, called out the wlinux-setup tool, "which allows users to easily set up common developer toolchains, and removes unsupported features like systemd."

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  1. Hell just froze over by AmiMoJo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Did Microsoft just release a Linux distro without systemd?

    Up is down and black is white, the world has gone mad.

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    1. Re:Hell just froze over by Gadget_Guy · · Score: 3, Insightful

      1) Embrace...

      I believe you know the rest

      Ooh, I know this one!

      2) FUD

      The WSL has a very limited use case. It is not going to suddenly become the defacto way that we use Linux, and therefore will never be in a position to extinguish anything any more than Windows Services for UNIX killed it off and any more than WINE has killed off Windows.

  2. Re:I wonder who will buy it by dddux · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Exactly. Installing VirtualBox with any of the great Linux distros works like a charm. I almost don't understand why would someone pay for this crippled solution.

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    "It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." - Jiddu Krishnamurti
  3. It's not Linux if the Linux Kernel is not being ru by Danathar · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's not Linux. The Linux Kernel is not run.