I don’t think MS is interested in sharing back its improvements, like a directx integration layer it would have to build.
You mean like the kennel and mesa driver they largely wrote?
No I’m talking about the work that affects their power / control over others.
Re:Microsoft Is Driving Users Away
by shiroiushi on Monday February 26, 2024 @04:57AM
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>they are interested in solving their problems using Linux and then sharing. This leaves space open for groups like Valve or Google to create a nice UI on top of Linux and sell that.
In theory. In practice, this doesn't happen.
Overall, I'd say desktop UIs are actually Linux's greatest failing. It's dominated by two different groups (Gnome vs. KDE) with extremely different design philosophies, and both having major (but different) problems. The whole Wayland vs X thing is also part of the problem. Everything else in Linux generally works really well, which is part of why it's so successful on servers and embedded systems.
i3 and Sway work great. UI isn't a failing in general. Just a particular type of discoverable UI that is needed to sell to non-technical users…
Chromebooks sell OK, right?
Re:Microsoft Is Driving Users Away
by shiroiushi on Monday February 26, 2024 @09:00PM
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Almost all the software engineers I've worked with, using Linux desktop systems professionally, use Gnome or KDE (with far more using Gnome actually). I've never even heard of "sway" and I think I've met one person who uses i3, and maybe a few who use xfce.
They already are, before WSL, I would be using VMWare Workstation or Virtual Box, now it is one software package less to install.
I am ok with Windows as thin terminal with great graphics and audio support.
I still give it, like, less than 50% chance of occurring, but it wouldn’t be totally mind blowing to see MS selling a Linux distro, IMO. Why not, right?