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Posted on 05/06/2019 5:47:11 PM PDT by dayglored
Microsoft has surprised many in the Linux developer community in recent years. Surprises have included bringing things like adding the Bash shell to Windows, or native OpenSSH in Windows 10, and even including Ubuntu, SUSE Linux, and Fedora all in the Windows Store. Microsoft is now going even further, with plans to ship a full Linux kernel directly in Windows 10.
“Beginning with Windows Insiders builds this Summer, we will include an in-house custom-built Linux kernel to underpin the newest version of the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL),” explains Microsoft program manager Jack Hammons. “The kernel itself will initially be based on version 4.19, the latest long-term stable release of Linux. The kernel will be rebased at the designation of new long-term stable releases to ensure that the WSL kernel always has the latest Linux goodness.”
Microsoft’s integration of Linux in Windows 10 will interface with a userspace installed via the Windows Store. It’s a big shift for Microsoft, and marks the first time that the Linux kernel will be included as part of Windows. It sounds like this Linux kernel integration will be available later this year, with a Windows 10 update that’s codenamed 19H2.
For developers it should dramatically improve the performance of Microsoft’s Linux subsystem in Windows. Microsoft is also promising to update this kernel through Windows Update, and it will be fully open source with the ability for developers to create their own WSL kernel and contribute changes.
Microsoft also announced Windows Terminal today, a new command line app for Windows. It’s designed to be the central location for access to environments like PowerShell, Cmd, and the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).
Only one question:
Is this true love, or some modern variant of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish?
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bkmk
Figure you might find this ping-worthy...
Will there be dozens of windows distros like Linux ,LOL
There already are enough different semi-annual versions of Windows to qualify as distros, LOL :-)
Only 18 years after Apple. Don’t ever accuse MS of being hasty.
Color me confused by your comment.
Apple built OS X on BSD Unix, not Linux, and the Unix kernel they used ("Mach") is running the operating system, with the Mac GUI on top.
Microsoft is incorporating a Linux kernel as part of the Windows Subsystem for Linux -- but the Windows 10 "NT" kernel is still running the operating system.
Granted, it would be REALLY cool if Windows were to scrap the NT kernel and re-implement Windows as a Linux kernel running the operating system, with a Windows GUI on top. But that's not happening.... yet :-)
Embrace, Customize, Take over.
It was a broad generalization, but, since Linux is a Unix clone written from scratch, it’s close enough to make my point.
“You will be assimilated”
Embrace, Extend, Eliminate
Point taken. :-)
I don’t believe any OS company can survive without a Linux strategy. A proprietary general purpose OS loses in the long run.
I’ll just say I have to deal with it on a daily basis.
Still won’t use Windows. I’ll stick with slack.
The weather reporter on TV just announced a large blizzard had completely blanketed Hell. Could this be a coincidence?
Silicon Graphics Inc. comes to mind.
wish they’d roll that out with windows 7 lol
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