It makes sense. Over half of the Azure VMs are running Linux so there clearly is a demand for it despite the last 30 years of MS actions.
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So Linux is an end state utopia of software? Never thought Ballmer was based
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Even 10 years ago, this would've been unthinkable. Never would I have ever thought Microsoft would oublish a guide on instanjing Linux.
It's not that long ago when Steve Ballmer said "Linux is cancer".
Oh wait, that was 22 years ago.
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I mean, why not do that, from their perspective. Linux has been around for a long time and Windows still maintains market share. They don't feel threatened at this point, so might as well have the explanation of how to install Linux be a subtle ad for Windows.
It wasn't published September 29th, it was updated then.
It was published back in March. All these pages are on github where this can be verified: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/linux/commits/main/docs/install.md
Great, does it still stomp over the MBR when you try to dual boot? Fix that first.
OS is really not making them money anymore. One thing that helped apple make a comeback was intel hosts and encouraging dualbooting and software to run your windows on mac.
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Will Microsoft stop to undermine hardware interoperability with their sucky API, closed implementation and co ?
I don't mind Windows as long as the hardware platform remains "open"
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There are many fans of linux at microsoft. The subsystem is a testament to their push towards more interoperability. Not perfect but a start.
Actually, the guide doesn't mention how to dual boot, it's how to install Linux bare metal as the only os.
Otherwise they wouldn't have removed the possibility to easily boot Linux from the windows boot manager instead of grub
I've heard talks that after each Windows update, you have to restore Grub config.
Not the case with me. Had dual boot for some time and never had to fix it... 🤷
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not impressed, wanna see how to single boot linux and put windows in virtual machine as a guest
Pretty sure this means Linus won.