• BCsven@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    MS has CBL Mariner, they could release their own linux handheld

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      10 months ago

      But then they would show the general public that Linux is a thing worth mentioning. I doubt that many people outside IT know about CBL Mariner.

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        10 months ago

        If they released a handheld it would absolutely be locked down, Xbox branded and only using the Xbox store

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          10 months ago

          Microsoft have quite a bit of software that runs on Linux (PowerShell, VS Code, .NET, Azure tools, Intune / Endpoint Manager, even SQL Server) so it’s understandable that they’d have documentation to explain it to their customers.

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            10 months ago

            Yep, they run it themselves even. Previously their motto was “Linux is a Cancer” now they have embraced it and developed their own distro (CBL). With how everything is going WebApp these days, I can see a day when Windows will be linux based kernel.