The World of "Linux", According to Microsoft

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 08, 2024

You look for Linux news and this is what you get instead:

xda-developers.com: linux

WSL is NOT "Linux", it is a WINDOWS RETENTION TOOL for Microsoft's business purposes.

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