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    submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    I don't think i need to explain how it works, should i ?

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    [–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Microsoft linux when?

    [–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

    Seriously. Yes.

    If Microsoft doesn't have a secret internal build of Windows that runs on a Linux Kernel, they're out of their minds.

    The Windows Kernel, as cool as it is, is 100% a cost center. If Microsoft switches (seemlessly) to a Linux kernel, no one would really notice. So at some point they should really switch it.

    [–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (3 children)
    1. they'll have to opensource the code if they use linux kernel
    2. even with linux being vastly superior, it nice we have 3 major kernels with widely different approaches. it would be sad if either of these 3 dies out
    [–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)
    1. they'll have to opensource the code if they use linux kernel

    Only changes they would make to the kernel. There is no obligation to make an OS utilizing the linux kernel open source.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

    An oversight by the developers. Had they licensed it under the GNU GPL v3, such a thing would not be possible.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

    No, the GPLv3 changes nothing in this regard.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    Legal question. If Windows on the linux kernal needs to open source, but that does not apply to other software it runs, right? So could they close source their DE and charge for that, or charge for the windows store?

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    That is correct. Microsoft could simply charge for their closed-source desktop environment or their package manager or their software environment in general, but any modifications to the kernel would need to be free and open-source (though they could still charge money for it).

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

    thanks for the answer.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

    even with linux being vastly superior, it nice we have 3 major kernels with widely different approaches. it would be sad if either of these 3 dies out

    Agreed. I do think at least a couple versions of the Windows NT kernel are going to live on forever in emulation, thanks to some pretty awesome games that require it.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

    If Microsoft switches (seemlessly) to a Linux kernel, no one would really notice.

    Besides quite literally every piece of software breaking, sure.

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    Azure Linux exists

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

    As far as I know, Azure runs on Linux

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

    Some day, in cooperation with canonical and a nice KDE Theme

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    http://www.mslinux.org/ ;)

    but seriously they should

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

    Omg those quotes on the side lol