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Microsoft loves Linux – as in, it loves Linux users running Linux desktop apps on Windows PCs
(www.theregister.com)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
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But why?
Embrace, Extend, Extinguish, Microsoft will get Linux apps to run flawlessly in Windows so there will be less of a reason to use Linux instead of Windows. Then Microsoft will extend the functionality of Linux apps running in a Windows environment, and this will cause all sorts of problems for native Linux users trying to run these programs.
I feel like it's an example of a greater problem of "not walking the walk" when it comes to Linux. Like, people being Linux enthusiasts while using Macs for their daily drivers. I saw an article somewhere about it but I forgot where it was.