This increases their user base. Every time you install WSL & Bash on Ubuntu on W... | Hacker News

Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

login

nxc18 on April 12, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: What’s New in Bash/WSL and Windows Console

This increases their user base. Every time you install WSL & Bash on Ubuntu on Windows, you are getting a full Ubuntu distribution.

The only user base that shrinks is the Linux Kernel user base; Ubuntu and Linux are two separate concepts, and WSL demonstrates that they are in fact fully separable.

filomeno on April 12, 2017 | [–]

Well, I always thought Ubuntu was "Linux for human beings". It seems it's now "Bash for Windows users".

I don't think this business model will last much longer, though ;-)

JdeBP on April 13, 2017 | [–]

As does UbuntuBSD, of course.

* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11415985

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact