Hi, Simon: I don't think it's an actual parallel situation. Windows isn't switching to a Linux kernel for native Windows desktop and apps. Rather, they're adding a more tightly integrated Linux subsystem into Windows 10 based on a compile of the native Linux kernel running in their own virtual machine.
One of the more interesting items in the announcement is the support for docker containers. This is being overshadowed by the Linux announcement, but it's potentially far more relevant to more users of Windows, and I wonder we don't yet support these natively on OS X. Here's an Info World article about docker: https://www.infoworld.com/article/3204171/what-is-docker-docker-containers-explained.html Best, Janina Simon Fogarty writes: > Why not, apple have used unix for years without issue, > > It might help windows work faster. > > -----Original Message----- > From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, 14 May 2019 12:46 AM > To: MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: How about some Linux with your Windows 10 Bootcamp? > > Announced last week and causing quite a stir in certain circles, Microsoft is > tightly integrating a Linux subsystem into Windows 10 for shipment later this > year. > > https://www.pcworld.com/article/3394680/how-windows-and-chrome-quietly-made-2019-the-year-of-linux-on-the-desktop.html > > > Oh, and every Chromebook will also support Linux (plus Android) out of the > box, according to Google's announcement last week. > > We all know, of course, that home brew will let us run all kinds of Linux in > the Mac Terminal already. > > Best, > > Janina > > > -- > > Janina Sajka > > Linux Foundation Fellow > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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