[Nix-dev] Did we just get windows support for free?

Brian McKenna brian at brianmckenna.org
Wed Mar 30 22:05:33 CEST 2016


apt-get is available, so it is possible to use a package manager, but
I'm not sure which parts are read-only.

On 31 March 2016 at 06:01, Mathnerd314 <mathnerd314.gph at gmail.com> wrote:
> The talk was scheduled before today; I think it's too early for April.
>
> https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2016/C906
>
> What's not clear is how the linux files are stored; it looks like the root
> filesystem is read-only in Dustin Kirkland's post, which would preclude
> using a package manager.
>
> -- Mathnerd314
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 12:32 PM, Kosyrev Serge
> <_deepfire at feelingofgreen.ru> wrote:
>>
>> Kevin Cox <kevincox at kevincox.ca> writes:
>> > Hello Nixers,
>> >
>> > Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 will have a Linux ABI. What this
>> > means is that it will be able to run native Linux binaries by presenting
>> > them with a Linux compatible system call table.
>>
>> ...
>>
>>
>> > I'm interesting in hearing what you guys think?
>>
>> April getting dangerously close?
>>
>> --
>> с уважениeм / respectfully,
>> Косырев Сергей
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