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Ubuntu is growing faster on Windows 11 than on native Linux PCs, says Canonical (www.windowslatest.com)
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[–] 28 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I don't know what a native Linux PC is. Does that mean is runs the OS without a noticeable accent?

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Real answer: this is talking about computers with windows 11 installed that also run Ubuntu through a service called WSL, or Windows Subsystem for Linux; basically you have a windows 11 pc that can do linux stuff too.

    A native Ubuntu machine would be installed directly to the hard drive and booted that way.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    I wouldn't call WSL service, Linux environment integrated into Windows is more accurate. With WSL 2, Linux actually runs using a lightweight virtual machine with a real Linux kernel, while still being tightly integrated with Windows. It's a proper Ubuntu (or whatever you want really) installation that you can run a production server off of.

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