Windows 10: Microsoft set to announce bash on Linux running on Windows 10

Microsoft knows a lot of servers are Linux so I suppose they are offering support to manage those servers from a Windows desktop rather than the users install a Linux desktop and find out they like it and no longer need a Windows Desktop. That is my thoughts. Part of the Embrace, Extend and Extinguish. This being the Embrace part.


Embrace, extend and extinguish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

I thought the partnership is mainly for developers

Microsoft and Canonical partner to bring Ubuntu to Windows 10 | ZDNet

That would be neat to run xfce desktop on windows 10. Does this also mean you could run wine on 64 bit Window 10 and run windows 16 bit programs?

I am somewhat familiar with the GPL, wouldn't this partnership violate the GPL?

 

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*Thumbs I don't use virtual desktops although I did try them. I have never used Bash and probably never will. *Smile

 

Hi there

Rather than mess around with this (Windows actually does have some sort od scripting language although not too many use it) I'd suggest to Ms if you really want to copy some features from Linux - why not start with CRONTAB - this is a system which can start jobs at various times and issue / send notifications where necessary by email or even by Phone messaging.

There are all sorts of 3rd party Windows job schedulers but something built in to the OS like Linux CRONTAB would be brilliant -- set your backups etc to run at specific times without having to do this individually in the application, update Multi-media libraries etc etc.

Even Batch deliver email - gives you a break from incessant emails arriving randomly during the day (and night).

Cheers
jimbo

 

Hi Jimbo45

(not to derail the thread, but I was just curious as you seem to be very technically capable *Smile) why do you dislike tabbed browsing? I only ask, because it's so darned convenient to me, that I'm surprised to see someone dislike it.

 

One final thing from me on this.. if anyone really wants bash in Windows, there is a great third party tool to provide this.
Git for Windows

 

And right now you can have bash in Windows... I wonder how many will run to get this??
Linky.. Git for Windows - Bash for Windows.. *Wink

 

"Server Management" seems like a plausible hypothesis.

 

It's for the software dev's.
Here's how Microsoft will support Bash on Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

 

Hi there
When you've got 4 - 6 Monitors it's much easier to have several instances all visible rather than just have the tabs showing.

On a smart phone / tablet / other system with a smallish piece of screen real estate then tabbed browsing makes sense.

Also if you are doing a lot of cutting / pasting from one screen to another or even say translating stuff you need to have all the applications visible at the same time -- that's why I HATED Windows 8 -- it wasn't made for running applications in this way but more like a "Big mobile phone".

Cheers
jimbo

 

When Windows 8 came out, it was totally a different OS from what we are all got used to. There was a steep learning curve for everybody. A curve that, IMO, is the same if you learn Linux coming from Windows 7.
I use both OS. Windows is easy but getting boring nowadays. Linux is not that easy but very interesting to learn. Linux is not all about BASHing these days. It's much like Windows now with all those new eye candy GUI. I welcome this new development.

 

Hi there

some things on Linux could definitely be ported to Windows

For example here's Dolphin (equivalent to Windows explorer / file explorer)





Much nicer GUI and easier to navigate -- don't you think for example Windows explorer could do with a facelift after all these years. !!

Cheers

jimbo

 

Hello, jimbo45

Again it will all depend after July 2016 and when Redstone 2016 gets updated through out the market/system I believe Windows will be not too far off of being open source sometime before 2016 for sure in 2017

It has to their is no other choice if Microsoft want to complete in the global tablet or mobile sector that as you know will be mostly cloud based and before 2020 fully cloud powered...

The writing has been on the wall since windows 8 in a nutshell regarding cloud based apps and interactions and open source will need to be the new standard

" The impossible is actually possible at Microsoft, one of the company's engineers claims.
Speaking at the open-source-focused ChefCon this week, Microsoft engineer and Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich said something unheard of: "it's definitely possible" that Windows could eventually go open source in the very near future "

 

Does that mean we could see the return of dos, windows 3.1, 95, 98se, me, nt, 2000, xp, vista, 7, 8.1?

Windows 98se can't run on most newer system do to a memory bug. Maybe some developer could fix that.

Note, I included windows 7 and 8.1 because support will end in a few years.