[HN Gopher] Microsoft Rolling Out New Windows Subsystem for Linu...
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       Microsoft Rolling Out New Windows Subsystem for Linux "WSL"
       Features for 2024
        
       Author : mikece
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2024-05-30 22:02 UTC (58 minutes ago)
        
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       | Rinzler89 wrote:
       | They should focus more on this kind of features, instead of
       | paddling Copilot and AI every 5 minutes, or doing crazy stuff
       | like removing the right Ctrl key to replace it with the new
       | Copilot key. The only advantage of the latter is that is pushes
       | more people to Linux faster.
       | 
       | If they just focus instead on developers ( _" developers!
       | developers! developers!"_) and gamers, instead of AI gimmicks,
       | things would be more peachy for them.
        
         | bongodongobob wrote:
         | Waaaaaay more people use Copilot than WSL. Like probably
         | 100000x more.
         | 
         | Most businesses run everything on Windows and Microsoft. That's
         | their business. They don't give a shit about Windows Home
         | edition or nerds crying and switching to Linux. You're not
         | their market.
        
           | mhh__ wrote:
           | Unfortunately there are lots of devs stuck on windows, wsl is
           | very popular.
        
         | wvenable wrote:
         | Weird comment to make on a thread about exactly this kind of
         | feature. They're a big organization with many people working on
         | many different things. Some will maybe great while others will
         | potentially suck.
        
           | RicoElectrico wrote:
           | Only if there's no person at the helm with some sort of...
           | um... vision, they call it?
        
             | Rinzler89 wrote:
             | If only Satya Nadella would dogfood the OOTB experience of
             | Windows 11 and not whatever his IT departments set up for
             | him, he'd probably throw his laptop out the window and fire
             | half the Windows managers.
        
       | cowmix wrote:
       | I was always under the impression that WSL was good on RAM -
       | giving it back when not needed. There was never a way to tune RAM
       | usage AFAIK.
        
       | hakanderyal wrote:
       | Releasing RAM is a much-awaited improvement and should make
       | things smoother.
        
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