Microsoft is going to ship a full Linux kernel in Windows 10

Makes you wonder if the endgame is to eventually just gut windows completely and have a Microsoft GUI running on Linux.

<i>&gt; Microsoft’s integration of Linux in Windows 10 will interface with a userspace installed via the Windows Store...</i><p>Given Microsoft&#x27;s history, I can&#x27;t help but wonder if this wholehearted embrace of Linux is part of a classic Microsoft embrace-extend-extinguish strategy.[a]<p>Is the endgame a Windows-only userspace layered on top of the Linux kernel?<p>[a] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis...</a>

Previous discussion, with the official source: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=19842817" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=19842817</a>

I want native bash commands in Windows shell. I know powershell supports some commands, but and actual Linux shell to interface with the rest of windows will be awesome. WSL is getting there, sucks I&#x27;ve gotta install Python and node&#x2F;npm twice.

Nevermind we tried to curb stomp you for the past 25 years. Haha.

So how will the kernel run? I guess virtualised behind the scenes using Hyper-V and accessed using the Windows Terminal? Seems that this should replace the WSL project entirely which is kind of a shame because it was pretty cool.<p>Also, unlike others here, I&#x27;m not a fan of a computing monoculture where everything is UNIX going forward.

It replaces Wine-like WSL with some virtualization. Apparently performance of WSL didn&#x27;t cut it comparing to VMs.

Does GPL require Microsoft to open source Windows 10 then?

Wonder what this will mean. Is the ability to run Linux commands and programs going to be there just so people who like Terminal can do their job without VMs? Is this a deeper move towards making apps more universal? That would remind me of when Mac OS migrated to x86 in some fashion.

systemd versus windows

Will the kernels be able to interact at all outside of the filesystem? For example could I write a Linux program which opens a Windows browser?

Do they also offer package management?

I&#x27;m very excited about this. It&#x27;s like everything I wanted all in one operating system!

OpenSuSE Leap 15 anyone ???

World domination achieved.

Anyone else here remember &quot;eunice&quot; on Vax&#x2F;VMS?

oh man... if we can finally use native ruby gems on windows and host the sites through iis without the performance hit... this will be a game changer.

Gonna be a big download.

Sounds great, however I had already assumed that in order to save money, Windows 10 was probably just an obfuscated linux kernel running some weird MS fork of Wine.