by simfoo on 4/6/16, 7:51 PM
Do you think Microsoft will listen to us privacy-aware people and add a permanent kill-switch for all cortana/telemetry related traffic? Serious question, because somehow I doubt they will backpedal on this sweet sweet data source.
I won't be installing Windows 10 before this happens, but I also realize that at some point they will stop providing Windows 8 security updates.
by ryao on 4/6/16, 8:41 PM
I suspect X servers that worked for the Windows Subsystem for UNIX Applications could be used here too. I will not be surprised to read a report of an old Windows application that is incompatible with Windows 10 running in Wine in Ubuntu on Windows 10. There are bound to be at least a few in this category.
Presumably, audio could be implemented by using a named pipe or network socket talk to an audio daemon too. The work on the Linux side should have already been done by PulseAudio while there seems to be some sort of port for older versions of Windows that might be a starting point for the Windows side:
http://downloads.tomsguide.com/pulseaudio-pulse-audio,0301-1...
If the X server supports GLX (which I read XMing and Cygwin/X support), we might even see 3D Linux games running on Ubuntu on Windows and presumably, people would publish benchmarks for the Linux versions of things like Unigine Oilrush against the Windows versions. I would expect the Linux versions to be at a disadvantage, but a surprise there would be hilarious.
by symlinkk on 4/6/16, 7:42 PM
Global dark theme? Bash? Windows 10 is starting to look really awesome.
by tdkl on 4/6/16, 9:01 PM
"Cortana Cross-Device Features: Starting today, we will be releasing new features to Insiders on an ongoing basis that keeps you in perfect sync across all the devices where you use Cortana to stay connected and never miss a beat throughout your day. "
So much data. And users will want this in droves (specially since Pushbullet went premium).
by sker on 4/6/16, 7:40 PM
I vowed to never "upgrade" to Windows 10, but this really makes it tempting. Damn you, Microsoft.
by akadien on 4/6/16, 8:45 PM
Throw tomatoes, but I am liking what I see from Microsoft these days. Ubuntu on Windows is a big deal to me.
by godzillabrennus on 4/6/16, 6:44 PM
Remember when Apple said hell had frozen over when they launched iTunes for Windows?
This is that moment for Microsoft.
by Zikes on 4/6/16, 6:40 PM
Multi-desktop window pinning is a nice addition. I've usually got YouTube or Netflix running on a second monitor, and switching desktops always meant those windows would disappear. Now that I can pin them, virtual desktops will be usable for me again.
by 1and2equals0 on 4/6/16, 6:44 PM
Some fixes are just too small to ever be mentioned:
- "We polished the Wi-Fi flyout UI and fixed an issue where text entry into a Wi-Fi password field was noticeably top-aligned rather than centered."
by mwcampbell on 4/6/16, 10:57 PM
by merb on 4/6/16, 7:11 PM
Actually I enabled Insider (Fast) on the 4th I'm still on the normal Build is there something else I need to get a Insider Build?
by fhood on 4/6/16, 7:16 PM
My personal crazy theory is that Microsoft is distancing itself from the windows platform and moving towards a more Unix based system. I suspect that Microsoft is finding that moving forwards on their original platform is untenable in the long run, and that a Unix like system will improve their product and also be cheaper to develope and maintain. I might be overly optimistic though.
by minionslave on 4/6/16, 7:55 PM
How do you write extensions for Edge? I haven't seen any documentation about that.
by butz on 4/6/16, 9:06 PM
And control panel is still a mess.
by api on 4/6/16, 6:55 PM
Nothing here about privacy or visibility into where my data is going. ("Situational awareness" in security parlance.)
by vomitcuddle on 4/6/16, 6:47 PM
but i want zsh