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"Microslop" trends in backlash to Microsoft's AI obsession
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Or throw their support behind certain distros with said emulation layers, maybe even a desktop environment like Plasma with a "Microsoft theme".
Honestly I think it is a great idea either way.
Regardless of their commercial goals, if they put their weight into supporting the Linux ecosystem we'd undoubtedly benefit as a whole. For instance from common upstream bug fixes and increased user adoption of Linux by their remaining loyalist customers.
Yes, until they do like Google with android