Part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux

Re:Part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux by criddell on Saturday October 09, 2021 @08:13PM (#28814548)

When Microsoft sold Xenix, I recall there being a clause saying they could never compete in the Unix space again. I've searched for that but haven't been able to find anything definitive.

Does anybody else remember that?

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Re:Part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux by zokier on Saturday October 09, 2021 @08:27PM (#28814638)

NT has had POSIXy subsystems pretty much from day 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_POSIX_subsystem

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Re:Part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux by nextos on Saturday October 09, 2021 @09:06PM (#28814856)

It did! The first assignment in my OS class was to write a shell for Linux. The second one was to port it to NT. The requirement was to make it work with minimal changes thanks to the POSIX subsystem.

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Re:Part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux by staysafeanon on Saturday October 09, 2021 @08:16PM (#28814569)

Luckily for them, Linux Is Not UniX.

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Re:Part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux by oaiey on Sunday October 10, 2021 @02:27AM (#28816251)

Also my thought :). 1000 additional syscalls, systemd and Wayland make it as close as MacOS is.

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Re:Part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux by criddell on Sunday October 10, 2021 @07:18AM (#28817537)

MacOS is Unix:

https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/apple.htm

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Re:Part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux by staysafeanon on Monday October 11, 2021 @12:27AM (#28824672)

MacOS is literally UNIX.

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Re:Part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux by thrwyoilarticle on Saturday October 09, 2021 @08:31PM (#28814669)

Let's not Invent Nonsense Unfounded aCronymS

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Re:Part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux by chayleaf on Sunday October 10, 2021 @05:46AM (#28817118)

well, GNU's Not Unix, and thus GNU/Linux is not Unix either

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Re:Part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux by thrwyoilarticle on Sunday October 10, 2021 @10:37AM (#28818756)

But this isn't WSGNU, it's WSL

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Re:Part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux by staysafeanon on Sunday October 10, 2021 @05:27PM (#28822152)

And WSL is not UNIX.

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