Posted on 09/18/2019 7:06:41 AM PDT by ShadowAce
With Microsoft embracing Linux ever more tightly, might it do the heretofore unthinkable and dump the NT kernel in favor of the Linux kernel? No, I’m not ready for the funny farm. As it prepares Windows 11, Microsoft has been laying the groundwork for such a radical release.
I’ve long toyed with the idea that Microsoft could release a desktop Linux. Now I’ve started taking that idea more seriously — with a twist. Microsoft could replace Windows’ innards, the NT kernel, with a Linux kernel.
It would still look like Windows. For most users, it would still work like Windows. But the engine running it all would be Linux.
Why would Microsoft do this? Well, have you been paying attention to Windows lately? It has been one foul-up after another. Just in the last few months there was the registry backup fail and numerous and regular machine-hobbling Windows updates. In fact, updates have grown so sloppy you have to seriously wonder whether it’s safer to stay open to attacks or “upgrade” your system with a dodgy patch.
Remember when letting your Windows system get automatic patches every month was nothing to worry about? I do. Good times.
Why is this happening? The root cause of all these problems is that, for Microsoft, Windows desktop software is now a back-burner product. It wants your company to move you to Windows Virtual Desktop and replace your existing PC-based software, like Office 2019, with software-as-a-service (SaaS) programs like Office 365. It’s obvious, right? Nobody in Redmond cares anymore, so quality assurance for Windows the desktop is being flushed down the toilet.
What’s that? You can’t run your Windows applications on Linux? Wrong.
(Excerpt) Read more at computerworld.com ...
The license is already pretty strong—it’s even survived a couple of court challenges, and several companies have eleted not to go to court due its strength.
Yep, you can talk to Clem himself in the Mint forums.
I don’t trust them at all. Somehow they will make it proprietary and claim ownership. I’m calling it now,”Their” linux will have back doors, be limited use per customer, cannot be copied or used on more than one device, and require registration.
And to top it off, updates will not be able to be turned off or refused. they are going to take a good thing and completely ruin it.
What’s the photo handling program?
A complete redo of the kernel is a yuuuugge undertaking.
I thought that win 10 was forever..
But why would you want to go and ruin Linux?
"You know how engineers are. They love to change things."
If by running with Linux, this means MSFT will stop all the updates to the updates to the patches released Oct 8, 2019 and all the intrusiveness, I might consider giving it try.
I did too. What’s with this Windoze 11 crap?
You are aware that most servers run Linux? Plus your Android phone's OS is a Linux derivative? And the iPhone's OS is another unix derivative?
For someone who is not incompetent, but is no computer expert:
What is the most efficient and effective approach to transferring from Windows 7 to Linux?
I liked XP, and like 7. I want nothing to do with 10.
I am a composer, among other specialized avocations, with very specific concomitant applications.
I already lost some valued programs when switching from XP to 7. (The Virtual XP setup never really worked well for me.) My concern is losing Windows-only programs that I must have.
I’ve been running Windows on Linux for years. Not to mention OSX, Android, OS2 and MS-DOS.
It’s called Virtualbox.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBox
I’ve been running UNIX tools on Windows even longer. It’s called GnuWin32.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GnuWin32
Not likely, since there isn't going to be a Windows 11.
Remove (or simply disconnect) the Windows hard drive, load Linux on the new HDD, boot and configure Linux, then reconnect the XP HDD and transfer your personal files over.
Your Windows applications by and large will not work. Some can be made to work under WINE (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_(software)) or similar, but it makes for a steep learning curve asking a Linux noob to run something that's mission critical on WINE.
"I already lost some valued programs when switching from XP to 7. (The Virtual XP setup never really worked well for me.) My concern is losing Windows-only programs that I must have."
You could run REAL XP in a virtual environment on a Linux system using VBox. XP's only shortcoming is that it's vulnerable if networked so just don't enable the virtual OS's network devices and it will be fine.
Or you could run XP in a stand-alone PC. Just don't network it and it will be as functional (apart from not being networked) as it was in Y2K.
I've still got one desktop and one laptop running XP. I did the "PosReady" hack on both so they're still receiving updates (as are the millions of ATMs that are still running on XP) but there are other hiccups. They stopped updating Flash Player and Java for XP quite some time ago and not that long ago they stopped updating Firefox. But for a standalone (non-networked) system that you're only using for certain pet applications, that shouldn't matter.
What you'd rather do is find a buddy who's Linux-literate (and has a suitable amount of gray hair) and offer him a case of beer to do the job for you.
Spot-On.
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