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Re:Arch Linux adapted for Windows Subsystem for Linux by jfmyers9 on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @08:31PM (#12502479)
They didn't say anything about using Linux because of FOSS. They said games were the only thing keeping them on Windows. There is a possibility that they just enjoys using a Linux OS over Windows for general computing?
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Re:Arch Linux adapted for Windows Subsystem for Linux by socmag on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @09:13PM (#12502630)
He said, he feels he is betraying open source.

Actually that somewhat hits the nail on the head regarding how a lot of us feel. We'd love to do it but the pragmatic reality is that we can't do that all the time.

He feels the pain, I feel the pain, and I'm sure a lot of other people do as well.

The fact remains if he or I play games, or I buy a tv or a washing machine. Well screw us both because on some level we are betraying open source. It's 50 shades of gray.

Anyway, it doesn't really matter. I'm no less confused.

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Re:Arch Linux adapted for Windows Subsystem for Linux by alexbecker on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @09:22PM (#12502658)
Those were different users commenting.
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Re:Arch Linux adapted for Windows Subsystem for Linux by socmag on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @09:39PM (#12502725)
Whoops okay! But the observation remains, just hike the root node of this up one level in the tree for me. My bad.
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