Red Hat & Microsoft Bringing RHEL To WSL

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Red Hat & Microsoft Bringing RHEL To WSL

The latest Linux distribution being brought to Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) with Microsoft's blessing is none other than Red Hat Enterprise Linux... Microsoft and Red Hat jointly announced today that RHEL is coming to WSL...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Red-Hat-MS-RHEL-WSL

[TheMightyBuzzard]

Makes sense. Their philosophies are about as similar as you'll find comparing Microsoft to a Linux distribution.

[Setif]

Is it free or paid?

[anarki2]

Cool I guess, but I’d much prefer AlmaLinux or even Fedora.

[kpedersen]

All of the grossness of Linux with all of the malware of Windows. WSL is great!

[Anux]

At least no one can hold against them that they are half-assed. When Red Hat sells out, they go all in.

[jonkoops]

Here we go with all the Microsoft hate. Red Hat just wants to put their product in front of users, and this is just another avenue of doing so. Hating on them for wanting to do this is just silly IMHO. People like to criticize Red Hat (sometimes justifiably so), but they are a massive net positive contributor to Linux and open-source at large, so calm your tits.

[skeevy420]

Here we go with all the Microsoft hate. Red Hat just wants to put their product in front of users, and this is just another avenue of doing so. Hating on them for wanting to do this is just silly IMHO. People like to criticize Red Hat (sometimes justifiably so), but they are a massive net positive contributor to Linux and open-source at large, so calm your tits.

I can't find the outrage here, either. Practically every other major distribution can be used with WSL. RHEL not being there makes them look bad.

OMG, they're making Linux more available to more people. The horror.

Makes sense. Their philosophies are about as similar as you'll find comparing Microsoft to a Linux distribution.

[nanonyme]

At least no one can hold against them that they are half-assed. When Red Hat sells out, they go all in.

They are pretty late at this party. Debian and Ubuntu have been available through Windows Store for WSL for years.

[Panix]

Here we go with all the Microsoft hate. Red Hat just wants to put their product in front of users, and this is just another avenue of doing so. Hating on them for wanting to do this is just silly IMHO. People like to criticize Red Hat (sometimes justifiably so), but they are a massive net positive contributor to Linux and open-source at large, so calm your tits.

There's another thread with morons posting about Russia-Ukraine politics. Maybe you might visit there so all the morons are in the same thread?

How can anyone not recognize the evil that is Red Hat? They really went into the sewer. This is the same company that tried to force ppl to quit or fired them for not getting a clot shot. Now, they are joining up with Microsoft - I guess it fits.

SUSE, Red Hat - hmmm.... it just seems all these Linux-based corporations are just as evil as any other sinister corp. - yet, ppl here praise them cuz da Oopen Soueeesssss!