Microsoft Rolling Out New Windows Subsystem for Linux "WSL" Features for 2024

Re:Microsoft Rolling Out New Windows Subsystem for Linux "WS... by wrs on Thursday May 30, 2024 @07:01PM (#40529724)

~20 years ago BillG would occasionally send an unhappy internal email to execs/architects with a list of annoying or nonsensical things he ran into using Windows, Office, or whatever. I can't say that it had much effect!

Other than all installers being terrible, the only one I can sort of remember is a rant about "My Documents" and how the word "My" made no sense.

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Re:Microsoft Rolling Out New Windows Subsystem for Linux "WS... by cyberax on Thursday May 30, 2024 @07:20PM (#40529860)

It had plenty of effect! WinXP/2k were the most logically organized Windows OS. It went rapidly downhill once Bill Gates left Microsoft.

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Re:Microsoft Rolling Out New Windows Subsystem for Linux "WS... by Rinzler89 on Friday May 31, 2024 @05:29AM (#40532977)

So Bill Gates was the good guy?

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Re:Microsoft Rolling Out New Windows Subsystem for Linux "WS... by yjftsjthsd-h on Friday May 31, 2024 @11:17AM (#40536280)

Don't confuse competence and ethics.

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Re:Microsoft Rolling Out New Windows Subsystem for Linux "WS... by Lammy on Thursday May 30, 2024 @07:22PM (#40529879)

> a rant about "My Documents" and how the word "My" made no sense

Where's the lie? They aren't the computer's document — they're mine! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX1x7pfH8fw

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Re:Microsoft Rolling Out New Windows Subsystem for Linux "WS... by wrs on Thursday May 30, 2024 @11:54PM (#40531325)

Exactly, so why is the computer referring to them as “My Documents”? Shouldn’t it be “Your Documents”? But I think his preference was just “Documents” so nobody would need to even consider this!

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Re:Microsoft Rolling Out New Windows Subsystem for Linux "WS... by hulitu on Friday May 31, 2024 @01:34AM (#40531830)

I guess the purpose of "My Documents" and "Program Files" was to break compatibility with some old DOS programs. Because using space in filenames was not a very wise idea from Microsoft. (it broke even some Microsoft programs)

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Re:Microsoft Rolling Out New Windows Subsystem for Linux "WS... by wrs on Friday May 31, 2024 @12:17PM (#40536985)

The “interesting” parsing behavior of CMD.EXE made the spaces extra fun.

Not to mention it was under “Documents and Settings” and it was pretty easy to hit the 255 character path limit with all that as a prefix.

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Re:Microsoft Rolling Out New Windows Subsystem for Linux "WS... by Rinzler89 on Friday May 31, 2024 @05:17AM (#40532905)

> a rant about "My Documents" and how the word "My" made no sense.

Well, we're not in a communist country for them to be "Our Documents", so of course it will be "My Documents". USA! USA! USA!

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