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    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.

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    What HN says

    Commenters recommend it for its explanation of why Microsoft is not rebasing Windows onto Linux, written from a former Canonical engineer's perspective.

    Stats for nerds
    15HN people shared it
    20linked in comments
    459story points
    Jun 2021last shared

    Top posts on HN

    1. 1
      Microsoft is not rebasing Windows to Linux
      3 people · 251 points · first shared 2020 · 304 comments on HN
    2. 2
      Is CBL-Mariner going to become Microsoft Linux?
      1 person · 163 points · first shared 2022 · 228 comments on HN
    3. 3
      Azure Linux 4.0 is Microsoft's first general-purpose Linux
      1 person · 8 points · first shared 2026 · Discussion on HN
    4. 4
      Accelerated KVM guests on WSL 2 (2020)
      2 people · 6 points · first shared 2020 · Discussion on HN
    5. 5
      Bill Gates Was Right
      1 person · 6 points · first shared 2021 · Discussion on HN
    6. 6
      How to build a custom kernel for WSL in 2025
      1 person · 5 points · first shared 2024 · 3 comments on HN
    7. 7
      The GitHub Copilot Lawsuit Threatens Open Source and Human Progress
      1 person · 4 points · first shared 2022 · 1 comments on HN
    8. 8
      The Windows API Broke Debian Stable
      1 person · 3 points · first shared 2019 · Discussion on HN
    9. 9
      GitHub lawsuit threatens open source?
      1 person · 3 points · first shared 2022 · Discussion on HN
    10. 10
      Running Windows 2000 on WSL
      2 people · 2 points · first shared 2020 · Discussion on HN

    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • bejelentkezniMay 2021

      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

    • lprovenJun 2021

      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/

    • rashil2000Mar 2021

      I would recommend you to read this article by a former Canonical engineer - https://boxofcables.dev/no-microsoft-is-not-rebasing-windows-to-linux

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