[riffraff]

I don't think you need an open source kernel for POSIX compatibility, afair NT allows different OS "personalities" to coexist and you could write a POSIX compatible one as a kernel module.

But I don't think that has more interest than a Linux compatible subsystem, which they already have.

[gingerbread-man]

I was thinking more that an open-source kernel could result in unix-y distros e.g. Arch Windows.

[AnIdiotOnTheNet]

Yeah, because you know what'd be really great? If Windows had the same fragmentation mess that Linux Desktop does.

[pritambaral]

One's "fragmentation" is another's "choice".

[mehrdadn]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18677200

[pritambaral]

> I still wish we were better at having a standardized desktop that goes across all the distributions.

A standardized desktop can be used just fine by all of Ubuntu, Fedora, and Arch.

[pjmlp]

A desktop is more than just drawing pixels, the frameworks also count, so far GNOME and KDE APIs still fail short as full stack frameworks across distributions.

[AnIdiotOnTheNet]

Yeah, and one man's "kink" is another man's "getting kicked in the balls".