Box of Cables
boxofcables.dev · Personal blog · on HN since 2019
A personal technical blog about Linux, WSL, and Microsoft's Linux efforts, including custom kernels and Windows-on-Linux experiments.
What HN saysCommenters recommend it for its explanation of why Microsoft is not rebasing Windows onto Linux, written from a former Canonical engineer's perspective.
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- 1Microsoft is not rebasing Windows to Linux3 people · 251 points · first shared 2020 · 304 comments on HN
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- 11Building CBL-Delridge, Microsoft's Other Linux Distro1 people · 2 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
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- 13Stop Quoting Steve Ballmer1 people · 1 points · first shared 2026 · 2 comments on HN
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What HN people wrote when they linked it
lproven · 2021-06-15
Corel LinuxOS was a good distro in its time.
It had IMHO the best version of KDE 2 I ever used.
Corel sold it off and it became Xandros, which was also a good distro and had a freeware version -- but both are long obsolete now.
https://boxofcables.dev/corel-linux-1-2/
rashil2000 · 2021-03-23
I would recommend you to read this article by a former Canonical engineer - https://boxofcables.dev/no-microsoft-is-not-rebasing-windows-to-linux
bejelentkezni · 2021-05-25
This really brings the musings of Hayden Barnes[1] on a dual-stack operating system future (Discussed 8 months ago on HN[2]) to reality. I'm excited to be able to tightly integrate workflows between old legacy Windows-only programs and my modern dev setup without having to conspicuously be reminded of my VM usage every time I need to switch between them.
[1] https://boxofcables.dev/no-microsoft-is-not-rebasing-windows-to-linux
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24753564