To: Openurmind
2 posted on
05/22/2025 2:04:40 PM PDT by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
To: dayglored; ShadowAce
Looks like MS is a little worried. Lot of Linux talk lately... I think this might be good. It might help dispell myths and folks can try Linux to get an idea what it is really like. :)
Although they are reserving some control for themselves. Got any expert heads up on these files dayglored?
“It is worth noting that the following components are still part of the Windows image and are not open sourced at this time: Lxcore.sys, the kernel side driver that powers WSL 1. P9rdr.sys and p9np.dll, which run the “\\wsl.localhost” filesystem redirection (from Windows to Linux) are also closed source for now.”
3 posted on
05/22/2025 2:04:44 PM PDT by
Openurmind
(AI - An Illusion for Aptitude Intrusion to Alter Intellect. )
To: Openurmind
I’m planning on converting to Linux later this year. Does anyone know if this would be a good way to do some basic testing of common Linux apps (e.g., LibreOffice) to see if there is good hardware compatibility? I’m running on a two-in-one computer, so I want to make sure the pen and the touchscreen work well under Linux. Could I install a desktop, such as Gnome? Or should I just go to the next step of testing with a live USB?
8 posted on
05/22/2025 2:19:04 PM PDT by
scouter
(As for me and my household... We will serve the LORD.)
To: Openurmind
What’s the streamlined version of this for someone who wants to move completely to Linux, with no interest in having a PC being able to dual boot?
9 posted on
05/22/2025 2:19:29 PM PDT by
CatOwner
(Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
To: rdb3; JosephW; martin_fierro; Still Thinking; zeugma; Vinnie; ironman; Egon; raybbr; AFreeBird; ...
13 posted on
05/22/2025 2:41:45 PM PDT by
ShadowAce
(Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
To: Openurmind
My Asus laptop is a 2015 vintage. The i7 CPU is not on the Windows 11 approved list, so it is headed for a dead end soon. It has 16GB RAM, 512GB NVMe disk. Very fast. Up to date on patches. I think it is a "home" version as well. The screen is a touch screen with 4k display. My company laptop is going away soon, so this will be "it". I don't want to totally ditch Windows 10, but Fedora 42 is my preferred distro. Getting it to fly under wsl would be a decent compromise. I have wsl install, but it seems unhappy about pulling Fedora 42.
Getting wsl open sourced is good news. Perhaps a working group can track any CVEs to ensure they get patched in a timely fashion. Queue requests for new features when there is a working group capable of implementation and testing.
15 posted on
05/22/2025 2:50:30 PM PDT by
Myrddin
To: Openurmind
Cygwin is better than WSL...
22 posted on
05/22/2025 3:52:52 PM PDT by
vikingd00d
(chown -R us ~you/base)
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