Ubuntu Linux Is Coming To Windows 10 — Microsoft Partners With Canonical (Ezpected...)

fossbytes.com ^ | Mar 30, 2016 | Adarsh Verma

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Short Bytes: Microsoft and Canonical, Ubuntu Linux’s parent company, are partnering to allow you to use Ubuntu on Windows 10. The official announcement is expected to be made at Microsoft’s BUILD 2016 developer conference later today. This partnership is expected to integrate Windows and Linux on the developer desktop.

[driftdiver]

The biggest reason I haven’t gone to a linux OS for our laptops is compatibility with MS Word and Excel.

The apps used to work fairly well going back and forth between OS. Are they good enough now? I’d hate to sent a document to a client and have the formatting all hosed up when they open it in word.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Mint was good for me until they dropped Gnome,...which I need .

[Paine in the Neck]

Hmm, what's the point? If I go Linux, it'll be to get away from Microsoft.

I like Ubuntu but I got to it by fleeing from MS. This cozying up between Canonical and MS will send me searching again. This is the first step in the MS business model - Cooperate, Co-opt, Control.

[Bob434]

[[Not sure how much Mint depends on Ubuntu now,...it is Debian based though!]]

Oh, i thought it was ubuntu based- that’s good to know-

[[But check Fedora for support of those key packages you mention.]]

I tried running fedora on a live cd once but couldn’t get it to work- I’ll try it again- I probably did something wrong in unetbootin or something- if i can’t get it running, I’ll try installing to an old 85 gig drive i have and give it a try- easy enough to switch hard-drives for a test run- I do like hte cinnamon menus though- don’t liek distros where menue is at top-

[lefty-lie-spy]

That sounds like MacOS 10.0.
What revolutionaries they are at MS, 5~20 years late to the game.

[Paradox]

I changed over to Linux over a decade ago, a hand built Gentoo system, compiled it myself on several machines, fast and sweet....... and then eventually changed back. Linux is cool, and I sometimes try out the latest distro, but truthfully, there is no reason for me to choose it over Windows 10. From an every day practical standpoint, Linux offers me nothing over Windows.

I still geek with it, and with virtual box, its easier than ever, but there is just no reason for me to choose it over Windows. I do look forward, however, to this endevour, who knows what they might come up with.

[Bob434]

[[This cozying up between Canonical and MS will send me searching again.]]

Yes, that’s what I’ve been reading online- I don’t even know what ‘canonical’ is, but I assume it’s something to do with the coding? Or perhaps the commercializing of Ubuntu or something?

[[Cooperate, Co-opt, Control.]]

Sadly that seems to be the way it’s going- ubuntu might change their m ind when enough people move over to antoehr distribution- but perhaps not- let’s hope they do change their m ind and get back to their roots- as it is the most popular distribution and one of the easiest to use for newbies like myself- but i won’t be using their distro if they co-opt with MS

[Magnatron]

rightwingcrazy wrote:

"Microsoft’s push to Windows 10 has pushed me completely over to Linux.

Me, too. I decided not install Microsoft's spyware program and go Linux. I installed Mint, and with the exception of a few drivers I have to switch to Windows 7 for (infrequently), I haven't looked back. I only miss having Microsoft Office to work with (Libre doesn't do it for me because Office is our corporate program), but there's still the online version of 365 that works for most things.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Yep, good reason to be cautious,.

I wouldn't expect MS$ to let Linux into their ""OFFICE VAULT>/B>".

[proxy_user]

Why would Linux have spyware? They are not a corporate product, so there is nowhere to send the data to.

In any case, users could just remove the spyware and recompile the operating system. That is what Linux is, user-controlled.

[SuzyQue]

OK, dumb question here, if I switch to LINUX do my drivers still work? Do I have to spend weeks getting everything to mesh?

[Bob434]

[[I changed over to Linux over a decade ago, a hand built Gentoo system, compiled it myself on several machines, fast and sweet]]

Had i discovered linux at a younger age, when i was more able to explore and learn (like i had to with windows), I would have probably gone with a ‘build it yourself’ distro- but I’m now at an age where I’m too tired to learn a new operating system fro mscratch unfortunately-

[[but truthfully, there is no reason for me to choose it over Windows 10.]]

Meh- windows 10 is a massive spyware now- you can’t even turn off some of the spyware without some additional software, and who knows if they even work? MS just got way too aggressive for my liking- With older versions of windows, you could turn off the more benign spyware stuff, and MS wouldn’t re enable it on you like they do with windows 10 now- plus they no longer allow the user to choose which updates they want- they force it on us now— I just didn’t like the direction they are headed in lately- and I believe they are practically forcing windows 120 on people (and tricking them into downloading and installing it via updates) in as planned later effort to go to a ‘pay per month’ model like Adobe photoshop did- no thanks

[Bob434]

[[Why would Linux have spyware? They are not a corporate product, so there is nowhere to send the data to.]]

I don’t know, liek i said, I’m not up aon all this= it’s just what I’ve run across online- and don’t know if there is any truth to it- it does appear that people are upset with hte whole ‘canonical’ issue with ubuntu- whatever that means-

[[In any case, users could just remove the spyware and recompile the operating system. That is what Linux is, user-controlled.]]

True but hte majority of us don’t really know what we’re doing- we’re MS dummies after all lol

[Calvin Locke]

Create a "Live" [CD/DVD] disk to boot off of in the Linux flavor of your choice, and see if all your peripherals work according to your needs.

All the proprietary bells and whistlers that you depend on for printer might not be supported, for instance.

[Bob434]

i had no problems with linux mint findign all the drivers i needed- Had to install just oen driver for my NVida video card- but it was easy with hte driver manger program- foudn hte right driver online automatically, and isntalled it- easy peasy

I had just bought an older black and white laser printer by HP- hooked it up- it’s workign fine- no complicated driver install

What you can do is try a ‘live CD’ and try it without changing anything on your current system- I think you can try doing drivers (it just won’t remember them when you reboot) but dont’ quote me on that

Give a live CD a try- I think you’ll like it- or better yet, if you can, find an old hard drive, and install it to that and use it for a little bit to see if you like it or not- that way you can try to see if all your drivers work or not

[SuzyQue]

Thanks!

[Bob434]

usually HP printers will work- linux has been pretty good about getting HP products to be recognized- might be the same with other printer manufactures like canon, but not so much with more obscure ones- Linux has come a long way as far as compatibility these days- it’s still got a ways to go, but it’s much better than a few years ago even

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Well....think about it....of course the drivers are very different!

Why would you expect them to work,??

For Windows they( the driver code to drive their particular device ) are coded by the device manufacturer,,,,and for economic reasons many ...if not most.... have refused to produce them for LINUX..

I think more are supporting flavors of Linux,,,,often starting with Ubuntu.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Printers seem often to be a problem ....I have problems with thee latest HP photosmart printers.

[dfwgator]

HP Printers are crap.