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this post was submitted on 07 Oct 2023
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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).
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Google is not deeply rooted in trying to harm the free/open software movement, unlike Microsoft. MS has always been the ideological enemy of Linux.
So much they made WSL and made many developers happy. People acting like nothing has changed in more than 30 years.
How exactly is WSL helping anyone but MS? It's there so devs on Windows don't get tempted to try actual Linux