[HN Gopher] BSD on Windows: Things I wish I knew existed
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       BSD on Windows: Things I wish I knew existed
        
       Author : 6581
       Score  : 35 points
       Date   : 2023-12-10 21:55 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | ianai wrote:
       | Talk about things I'd want to bring back if I were suddenly a
       | mega millionaire or billionaire.
        
         | deviantbit wrote:
         | You really wouldn't. I developed code for Coherent, if anyone
         | remembers that UNIX clone. I honestly never want that to come
         | back.
        
           | macintux wrote:
           | You should chime in on this Coherent (nascent) thread.
           | 
           | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38594866
        
         | frutiger wrote:
         | Doesn't this sort of exist today with Cygwin/MSYS2/Git
         | Bash/etc?
        
         | doublerabbit wrote:
         | This is where we should be, native support of Linux on Windows
         | and native support of Windows on Linux. Executables should be
         | cross-compatible, we somehow ended up in a reality of
         | monopolistic -- 1v1. I would enjoy it to break free at some
         | point but I doubt it.
         | 
         | Just about everything now is it's own garden with a tiny API
         | gate to allow you access to the minor features of the whole
         | collection.
         | 
         | I am aware of WSL and the likes but, it's taken many years to
         | get that far.
        
           | Grimburger wrote:
           | > Executables should be cross-compatible
           | 
           | So cosmopolitan? https://github.com/jart/cosmopolitan
        
         | Teever wrote:
         | Totally.
         | 
         | I don't want to derail the conversation too much but when I
         | look at what Notch has become since he became a billionaire
         | it's frankly pathetic.
         | 
         | Princes & Kings
         | 
         | Isn't it strange how princes and kings, and clowns that caper
         | in sawdust rings, and common people, like you and me, are
         | builders for eternity?
         | 
         | Each is given a list of rules; a shapeless mass; a bag of
         | tools. And each must fashion, ere life is flown, A stumbling
         | block, or a Stepping-Stone. -- R. Lee Sharpe
        
       | wkat4242 wrote:
       | Another interesting thing to explore would be colinux which was a
       | bit similar to WSL but third party.
        
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