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Re:Windows 11 could run on Linux by samsari on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @05:24AM (#21003558)
This is not a new fantasy, I've heard exactly this same theory mooted several years ago. It's obviously a very compelling one. Who wouldn't love it if Microsoft did an Apple and wrote the userspace on top of the Linux kernel?
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Re:Windows 11 could run on Linux by dagw on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @08:47AM (#21004773)
Who wouldn't love it if Microsoft did an Apple and wrote the userspace on top of the Linux kernel?

But the whole conceit of the article is the Microsoft sucks at userspace.

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Re:Windows 11 could run on Linux by samsari on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @08:34AM (#21059368)
Microsoft sucks at the desktop, but there's more to their userspace than that. If you want to play the latest games or use a lot of other applications, it's the only game in town* pretty much.

*Obviously, there's Wine and OSX, but still.

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