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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">It might make people too lazy to install Linux but if they haven't already then they'll probably never do it any way.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Any way we should be focusing on making Linux better in the greater sense. <br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span>Or more and better volumes of material on our LUGs thinking on a local activity level!</span><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Help Adam help the LUG by putting more Linux/Open source material up on the LUG list here or frequent the LUG Meetup which is now Weekly on a video conference set up by Amo.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">JA</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Friday, 22 May 2020, 12:23:18 BST, Adam Sweet via Wolves <wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">On 09/04/2020 11:43, Adam Sweet wrote:<br clear="none">> On 08/04/2020 20:27, David Goodwin via Wolves wrote:<br clear="none">>> <a shape="rect" href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/8/21213783/microsoft-windows-10-linux-file-explorer-integration-features" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/8/21213783/microsoft-windows-10-linux-file-explorer-integration-features</a><br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> If I'm reading that right, people will now be able to view their Linux files when booted into Windows ....<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><Heavily abbreviated summary below><br clear="none"><br clear="none">> I think this, along with the Windows Subsystem for Linux are smart <br clear="none">> moves from Microsoft and great for the people that need them. Things<br clear="none">> like containers, git, ansible and Kubernetes leave Windows in the <br clear="none">> cold.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> WSL made sense to bring the tools people are using back to the <br clear="none">> Windows desktop without having to shell out to something else. <br clear="none">> Essentially WSL is a platform pull. Reduce the need for separate <br clear="none">> Linux dev boxes, or worse Linux desktops.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> As I said, this is great for the people that need it and maybe not so<br clear="none">> good for Linux adoption. Putting those tools on the Windows desktop<br clear="none">> though means fewer Linux boxes in the long term. Momentum breeds<br clear="none">> momentum.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Going one step further:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://www.osnews.com/story/131812/microsoft-is-bringing-linux-gui-apps-to-windows-10/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.osnews.com/story/131812/microsoft-is-bringing-linux-gui-apps-to-windows-10/</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">This is good news for Linux people that have to use Windows at work and<br clear="none">good for the people that employ them but probably really bad news for<br clear="none">Linux desktop adoption in business.<div class="ydpd1a1afa4yqt0969208405" id="ydpd1a1afa4yqtfd90028"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Ad<br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none">Wolves LUG mailing list<br clear="none">Homepage: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.wolveslug.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.wolveslug.org.uk/</a><br clear="none">Mailing list: <a shape="rect" href="mailto:Wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk</a><br clear="none">Mailing list home: <a shape="rect" href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/wolves" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/wolves</a></div></div></div>
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