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[–] 15 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

Serious answer,

Windows subsystem for Linux.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux

    Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a component of Microsoft Windows that allows the use of a GNU/Linux environment from within Windows, foregoing the overhead of a virtual machine and being an alternative to dual booting.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Them tryna suck us back into their dysfunctional os, not gonna work on me Mr Micro

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Oddly enoigh, they recognize this and are patching the hundreds of tiny holes. I would argue they began trying (IMO malformed) fixes back since the launch of windows 8 and .NET. It's backwards compatability means tiptoing around some pretty huge tech dept. (Windows was DOS and had no security model at one point) Each time they try to pull people off of their older SDKs. If and when they dont stick, the pile of stuff to support grows one more.

    (Also WTH where they thinking with windows 8 apps!? The oversimplicity of the UI leading to huge patches of unused screen space, the art design or lack thereof, the janky unpolished UI elements. It's embarrising for how much pride they had for it.)

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