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Peter: The other thing is that swapping out the NT kernel for the Linux one does not make sense. For one thing, the driver model is superior in the NT kernel than the Linux files based model.

Commented on: Windows Subsystem for Linux drops preview tag, now on both Windows 10 and Windows 11 via Microsoft Store

Restore Solutions: I tend to agree with you, it would be ahuge loss of face and many years of investment. It is never going to happen.

Commented on: Windows Subsystem for Linux drops preview tag, now on both Windows 10 and Windows 11 via Microsoft Store

Peter: I doubt it, for one thing the NT kernel has a ton of things that are better than what's in the Linux kernel. They're not going to throw away 30+ years of work, just because a small group of the Linux user base demand it.…

Commented on: Windows Subsystem for Linux drops preview tag, now on both Windows 10 and Windows 11 via Microsoft Store

BrianB: This all smells like Windows will move to Linux Kernel at some point, they also heavily invest in cross-platform .net and UI frameworks. Microsoft's windowing system and compositor are just bad compared to any other OS, so it would make sense for them to just…

Commented on: Windows Subsystem for Linux drops preview tag, now on both Windows 10 and Windows 11 via Microsoft Store

Restore Solutions: Im on disqus at 8am UK time every day, Its part of my job so il flag it all as soon as its up!

Commented on: Windows 11 Insider build 25247 released to the Dev Channel