[LibWhacker]

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

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

EXCERPT form the article:

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This combination of Windows 10 and Ubuntu will be aimed at developers. Linux fans shouldn’t expect Ubuntu to come along with its Unity interface. Instead, it’ll rely on Bash and CLI tools like make, gawk, and grep.

Having said that, Microsoft’s target audience are developers, not desktop users.

[Bob434]

[[Hmm, what’s the point?]]

For those that use windows programs and games- Yep- you can run some games in linux, but not nearly as many as in windows- nor as good usually- and photoshop is a major program people rely on=- Yep- there’s gimp for linux, but gimp is not photoshop- close, but there are some important differences that people don’t want to switch to gimp-

[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.