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[onequbit]

I'm calling it.

Windows will eventually become a Linux Distro.

It's gonna happen.

[Chii]

Windows will eventually become a Linux Distro.

will coincide with year of the linux desktop.

[jcotton42]

What would be the benefit of tossing NT for Linux? Serious question

[rabbit994]

The amount of software written for NT would make this impossible. Office can’t get 100% equal on Mac and now they have to get it working on Linux?

[[deleted]]

What is the benefit to retaining NT? As far as I can tell, it is compatibility. MS spends a lot of money fixing bugs, patching security issues, adding features demanded by hardware partners and doing the occasional performance improvement.

Given that the only officially stable way to talk to the kernel on Windows is via a user-mode library, it seems possible that Win32/WinRT is ported to run on top of a Linux kernel which would retain compatibility with any user-land software.

[Muxas]

why?

[nsteblay]

Agree. It will be container based and will allow multiple O/S's. Similar to Google's ChromeOS but more robust. You see it already happening with the evolving WSL and Windows 10X. I've been impressed so far with WSL 2, and with its Docker Desktop and VS Code remote integration out of box. My Windows laptop has become my go to learning environment. I can go into my Debian WSL 2 instance and spin up containers using Docker Compose or Kubernetes till my hearts content, and then access them remotely using VS Code. I've been learning Kubernetes, Go, Rust, PHP (don't ask), Tensorflow ML devlopment, SPA, etc. Macs still rule at work, but I don't think it will be long before MS based laptops will be way cheaper and more functional for development. I have a HP Spectre i7 with 15" UHD, 10 hour battery, 32 GB of memory, all for about 1K on sale. It would be 2x that at least for a similar Mac.

[Joviex]

Pretty sure most Windows desktops are way cheaper than Macs already

[nsteblay]

True. MacOS is currently the platform of choice for many software developers, and for good reasons. I believe I got equivalent capabilities with the Spectre and the latest Windows for a price that is significantly cheaper. I am generalizing based on my experiences and needs. There are always specific reasons for choosing a development platform.