This is How Phoronix Covers Microsoft's Attack on Linux, Turning Mesa Into a Mess (Windows Code)

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2023-06-30 06:05:44 UTC
Modified: 2023-06-30 06:05:44 UTC

Previously in Phoronix: Microsoft Thinks It Owns Mesa (and Computer Games) | Pushing Mesa and Linux Graphics Towards Proprietary Microsoft GitHub, WSL (Vista 10), and DirectX

Two days ago in Phoronix: (very soft on Microsoft)

Microsoft Adds Direct3D 12 Powered AV1 Video Encoding To Mesa

Summary: Microsoft is trying to compel people to make "Linux" programs that only work in Windows^* (WSL) and it is making the Mesa codebase a lot worse (some Mesa developers openly complained about it), but Phoronix puts a smile on and treats this like something to be celebrated^**

_____________ ^* This is classic, textbook "embrace, extend, extinguish" (later Microsoft pays OEMs to prevent them pre-installing GNU/Linux, instead shilling WSL or "app"); see the links at the top with videos that explained it in past years.

^** Years ago:

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This is How Phoronix Covers Microsoft's Attack on Linux, Turning Mesa Into a Mess (Windows Code)

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