Bash...Coming to a Windows 10 Near You!

[JrClocker]

This has the potential to be a game changer:

http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/30/11331014/microsoft-windows-linux-ubuntu-bash

http://arstechnica.com/information-...-and-linux-command-line-coming-to-windows-10/

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3050...untu-based-bash-shell-will-actually-work.html


Not a VM, passing Linux low level hardware calls directly to Windows Kernel...

That's a pretty big shift for Microsoft.

 

[Vishera]

Didn't MS announce they had their own Unix-based OS in the works at some point in the past year? If I recall correctly it was a whole new OS that was being tried out as a Linux distro before becoming its own standalone system.