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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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The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source (blogs.windows.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Embrace, extend, extinguish.

[–] LeFantome 1 points 1 day ago

I would like to see Flatpak ported to Windows. WSL provides everything you need to support Flatpak including a Linux kernel to run on and deep GUI and network integration.

From the point of view of a user, a Flatpak app (built for Linux) could install and run natively on Windows. Flathub could be just neither App Store.

Small app developers could choose to target Flatpak instead of Win32 and have their app run on both Windows and Linux. Only one app bundle to distribute and support.

Thank of all the applications this could bring to Linux. And, once everything runs on Linux, why use Windows?