Microsoft and Docker team up to make packaging cloud-native applications easier

Re:Microsoft and Docker team up to make packaging cloud-nati... by ecnahc515 on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @07:37PM (#18604821)

A lot of families already have a Windows computer and not everyone can afford a spare computer to run Linux on, and some people's PCs can't run a full Linux in a VM either.

Windows has a lot of ways to develop for Linux/Unix now. It sure isn't FOSS, but let's not discourage a promising way to get more people into software, even if it's on Windows.

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Re:Microsoft and Docker team up to make packaging cloud-nati... by geggam on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @10:02PM (#18605386)

Installing Linux over Windows is still free.

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Re:Microsoft and Docker team up to make packaging cloud-nati... by KAKAN on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @02:22AM (#18606303)

The "installing" part is the problem here. I installed Manjaro XFCE in my parents' old PCs, and they're now enjoying it. They never did it because they didn't know how to and didn't want to destroy their already working, but slow PC. Teach that, and I'm pretty sure everyone would love the customizability that the world of Linux provides.

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Re:Microsoft and Docker team up to make packaging cloud-nati... by geggam on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @05:23AM (#18607062)

I would think any developer should be able to install ubuntu these days.

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