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Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: YouTube Linux advocate: "not remotely possible" Linux could surpass Windows on the desktop Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 07:44:14 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 63 Message-ID: <vf7l4e$1ctc2$7@dont-email.me> References: <vf3anm$f7na$3@dont-email.me> <lnltsgFlni9U2@mid.individual.net> <zktRO.289139$kxD8.223336@fx11.iad> <vf5pk9$vi9e$1@dont-email.me> <53vRO.69415$MxR.24079@fx47.iad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 09:44:14 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="412197b5f8790f62ab86b20b51cbba66"; logging-data="1471874"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19VhPGyjGYYy36mAQNCW7KC" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:7A1QeputJVH0eWAH8wGwNtzmudQ= Bytes: 3940 On 2024-10-21, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote: > On 2024-10-21 10:48 a.m., DFS wrote: >> 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. > > The Linux desktop environment won't have any kind of a victory until > companies willingly sell it in stores and actually make a profit. Until > then, it'll be niche. It works well, it's pretty, but it remains niche. A gigantic "niche." -- “Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy what has been invented or made by the forces of good.” —J.R.R. Tolkien