Microsoft’s new developer-optimized Windows embraces Linux even more
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- Microsoft is kicking off its Build developer conference today with a promise of making Windows a trusted platform for development.
- As the company continues to focus on performance and reliability fixes for Windows 11, it’s also creating a developer-optimized experience that bundles a lot of useful tools and apps and embraces Linux even further.
- “We have optimized the Windows 11 experience for developers, bringing frequently used command line utilities, a familiar comfort shell, faster setup experience, a built-in way to create and interact with Linux containers on Windows and a new experimental Intelligent Terminal,” explains Windows chief Pavan Davuluri.
- Microsoft has created Coreutils for Windows from the uutils open-source project, a cross-platform reimplementation of the GNU coreutils in Rust.
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Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is kicking off its Build developer conference today
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Key Takeaways
- Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.
- Microsoft is kicking off its Build developer conference today with a promise of making Windows a trusted platform for development.
- As the company continues to focus on performance and reliability fixes for Windows 11, it’s also creating a developer-optimized experience that bundles a lot of useful tools and apps and embraces Linux even further.
- “We have optimized the Windows 11 experience for developers, bringing frequently used command line utilities, a familiar comfort shell, faster setup experience, a built-in way to create and interact with Linux containers on Windows and a new experimental Intelligent Terminal,” explains Windows chief Pavan Davuluri.
- Microsoft has created Coreutils for Windows from the uutils open-source project, a cross-platform reimplementation of the GNU coreutils in Rust.
📌 Source: Tom Warren
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