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I don't think i need to explain how it works, should i ?

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[-] Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 26 points 9 months ago

Microsoft linux when?

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 23 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Seriously. Yes.

If Microsoft doesn't have a secret internal build of Windows that runs on a Linux Kernel, they're out of their minds.

The Windows Kernel, as cool as it is, is 100% a cost center. If Microsoft switches (seemlessly) to a Linux kernel, no one would really notice. So at some point they should really switch it.

[-] duck1e@lemmy.ml 20 points 9 months ago
  1. they'll have to opensource the code if they use linux kernel
  2. even with linux being vastly superior, it nice we have 3 major kernels with widely different approaches. it would be sad if either of these 3 dies out
[-] _cnt0@sh.itjust.works 14 points 9 months ago
  1. they'll have to opensource the code if they use linux kernel

Only changes they would make to the kernel. There is no obligation to make an OS utilizing the linux kernel open source.

[-] ricdeh@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

An oversight by the developers. Had they licensed it under the GNU GPL v3, such a thing would not be possible.

[-] ammonium@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

No, the GPLv3 changes nothing in this regard.

[-] joel_feila@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Legal question. If Windows on the linux kernal needs to open source, but that does not apply to other software it runs, right? So could they close source their DE and charge for that, or charge for the windows store?

[-] ricdeh@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

That is correct. Microsoft could simply charge for their closed-source desktop environment or their package manager or their software environment in general, but any modifications to the kernel would need to be free and open-source (though they could still charge money for it).

[-] joel_feila@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

thanks for the answer.

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago

even with linux being vastly superior, it nice we have 3 major kernels with widely different approaches. it would be sad if either of these 3 dies out

Agreed. I do think at least a couple versions of the Windows NT kernel are going to live on forever in emulation, thanks to some pretty awesome games that require it.

[-] droans@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

If Microsoft switches (seemlessly) to a Linux kernel, no one would really notice.

Besides quite literally every piece of software breaking, sure.

[-] starman@programming.dev 6 points 9 months ago

Azure Linux exists

[-] cupcakezealot 5 points 9 months ago

http://www.mslinux.org/ ;)

but seriously they should

[-] the_beber@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

Omg those quotes on the side lol

[-] ordellrb@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Some day, in cooperation with canonical and a nice KDE Theme

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