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  • Canonical Says Ubuntu On Windows 11 Will Outnumber Native Desktop Installs Before 2026 Ends, Driven By WSL Surge

    From vallor@vallor@vallor.earth to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Sun Aug 16 20:29:49 2026
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    When Linux became a subsystem in MS Windows, the war was over.

    https://wccftech.com/canonical-says-ubuntu-on-windows-11-will-outnumber-native-desktop-installs-before-2026-ends-driven-by-wsl-surge/

    (This doesn't count server installs, of course...)
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  • From Joel W. Crump@joelcrump@gmail.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Sun Aug 16 16:43:19 2026
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    On 8/16/2026 4:29 PM, vallor wrote:

    When Linux became a subsystem in MS Windows, the war was over.

    https://wccftech.com/canonical-says-ubuntu-on-windows-11-will-outnumber-native-desktop-installs-before-2026-ends-driven-by-wsl-surge/

    (This doesn't count server installs, of course...)


    My take is that it means Ubuntu is better as a WSL 2 distro, not as a
    real distro. At least use Mint, FFS.
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  • From rbowman@bowman@montana.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Mon Aug 17 04:07:37 2026
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    On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 20:29:49 +0000, vallor wrote:

    When Linux became a subsystem in MS Windows, the war was over.

    https://wccftech.com/canonical-says-ubuntu-on-windows-11-will-outnumber-
    native-desktop-installs-before-2026-ends-driven-by-wsl-surge/

    (This doesn't count server installs, of course...)

    It helps that 'wsl --install' defaults to Ubuntu. That's good enough for
    many people. It's been a while and I don't feel like firing up the W11
    laptop but I believe I have Fedora and Kali on mine.
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