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Re:Windows for Linux Nerds by alkonaut on Thursday September 14, 2017 @03:23AM (#15245627)
What's known as the "windows subsystem for linux" is actually what I'd call a "linux subsystem for windows". I'm not the only one confused by this (So were you).

What we get from microsoft now is a small linux environment inside a windows install. What he wanted was a small windows environment on a linux machine.

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Re:Windows for Linux Nerds by tabletiptop on Thursday September 14, 2017 @03:31AM (#15245668)
Are you ... wow. You're right.

She really had me with the "imagine PowerPoint in Linux without a VM!".

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Re:Windows for Linux Nerds by EvilTerran on Thursday September 14, 2017 @03:55AM (#15245801)
Please don't insinuate that someone hasn't read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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