Why? I'm a pretty dedicated Linux user, but I'd argue that Windows NT is a far better technical architecture than GNU/Linux, it's just the Win32 and shell stuff that sucks. But in this hypothetical transition, Win32 and the shell would be one of the only things that Microsoft keeps, which seems like the worst of both worlds to me.
If we're talking hypotheticals, I'd much rather Microsoft open source the NT kernel and low-level subsystems (like ntdll.dll). Open sourcing all of Windows would be even better, but that seems nearly impossible to me.
Well, it's way beyond sucks. But ok: is it even possible to run windows with just a command line ... no ui, no graphics, start menu, no file manager or is the ui too integrated into the OS?
gucci-on-fleek|2 months ago
If we're talking hypotheticals, I'd much rather Microsoft open source the NT kernel and low-level subsystems (like ntdll.dll). Open sourcing all of Windows would be even better, but that seems nearly impossible to me.
signa11|2 months ago
please do explain. thank you !
scrubs|2 months ago
Well, it's way beyond sucks. But ok: is it even possible to run windows with just a command line ... no ui, no graphics, start menu, no file manager or is the ui too integrated into the OS?
hulitu|2 months ago
Why don't you use it ?
avaer|2 months ago