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Hell Is Freezing Over, Part 2: Ubuntu Launched in Microsoft’s Windows Store


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Ubuntu in the Windows Store

 

Microsoft took everyone by surprise today when it announced at the Build developer conference that Apple is bringing iTunes in the Windows Store, but it now appears that the company has more unexpected news to share.

 

Ubuntu is also launching in the Windows Store, while both Fedora and Suse are coming to the Windows Subsystem for Linux.

 

Basically, the debut of the new Linux distros in the Windows Store make it possible for users to install them as apps on their Windows 10 devices, which means they will be able to run Windows and Linux applications side by side without having to create a dual-boot configuration.

 

“Windows 10 is the first system that allows you to do that,” Microsoft said today at the build developer conference.

Ubuntu in the Windows Store


This functionality will become available with the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update in September, but Ubuntu is already available in the Windows Store, while Suse and Fedora will be released at a later date. The WSL update will also go live at a later time.

 

Microsoft has once again reiterated that it loves Linux, leaving behind all the criticism that even its leaders threw at the open-source world. Steve Ballmer, the former Microsoft CEO, once called Linux a cancer, but with today’s announcement, it becomes more than obvious that the Redmond-based software giant is now all-in on Linux and open source.

 

“Windows 10 will be the most productive working environment ever,” Microsoft said at the show.

 

As you can see in the screenshot below, the Ubuntu Windows Store listing looks similar to any other app that is available in the Store, and everyone will be available to download and install it free of charge.

 

Since the new Linux distros are published in the Windows Store, it means they will also run on Windows 10 S, Microsoft’s Windows 10 version limited to Store apps and specifically aimed at the education sector.

 

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It's not like running a real Linux distro  you don't get no GUI and it runs on the Windows Kernel so it's not really Linux because its not using the Linux Kernel ..It for developers
 

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It’s important to remember that while you will be able to “install” Ubuntu, Fedora and OpenSUSE from the Windows Store you won’t be installing a Linux distro with GUI desktop environment, display server, and suite of X11 apps.

 

But what you do get is a full Ubuntu/Fedora/OpenSUSE user space and development environment on Windows, without the overhead of virtualization or emulation, running in parallel with your Windows-y tools — and that’s nothing no small feat of engineering!

 

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/05/ubuntu-is-coming-to-windows-store

You can make full Ubuntu  run on Windows 10. with some work around  minus the Linux Kernel  but it's not easy too do and it's not for noobs  too try .

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/07/someone-just-installed-unity-windows

 

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