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On 10/21/2024 10:13 AM, CrudeSausage wrote:
> On 2024-10-20 10:50 p.m., vallor wrote:
>> On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 12:22:17 -0400, DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote in
>> <vf3anm$f7na$3@dont-email.me>:
>>
>>> https://youtu.be/08VbexhJO4Y?t=23
>>>
>>>
>>> The comments on this vid about why people moved to Linux or not are
>>> always interesting.  Most of them are pro-Linux of course.
>>
>> Hate to break the news to you, but if you have Windows, part of
>> Windows is "Linux on the desktop".
>>
>> I know that must eat at you...
> 
> Absolutely none of that makes any kind of sense.


He's referring to Windows Subsystem for Linux.

Bloaty thinks MS adding it as a feature bothers me and is a victory for 
Linux.  He forgets Microsoft has had a *nix component available 
continuously for Windows for 25 years.

Rather than bother me, I'm glad MS made it so easy to run a 
high-performing Linux distro alongside Windows.


$ wsl --list --online
The following is a list of valid distributions that can be installed.
Install using 'wsl.exe --install <Distro>'.

NAME                            FRIENDLY NAME
Ubuntu                          Ubuntu
Debian                          Debian GNU/Linux
kali-linux                      Kali Linux Rolling
Ubuntu-18.04                    Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Ubuntu-20.04                    Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Ubuntu-22.04                    Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu-24.04                    Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
OracleLinux_7_9                 Oracle Linux 7.9
OracleLinux_8_7                 Oracle Linux 8.7
OracleLinux_9_1                 Oracle Linux 9.1
openSUSE-Leap-15.6              openSUSE Leap 15.6
SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-15-SP5    SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5
SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-15-SP6    SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6
openSUSE-Tumbleweed             openSUSE Tumbleweed


And you can create and distribute your own WSL distros.