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by loudmax 2484 days ago
Alongside pouring resources into the Windows Subsystem for Linux, it would be nice if MS would put some resources into a Linux Subsystem for Windows. That is, do for WINE what they've done for Cygwin.
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They have hardly done anything for cygwin.

Windows NT had Windows Services for UNIX, replaced by Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications on Windows 2003 until Windows 8, eventually replaced by Windows Subsystem for Linux, given that now Linux API compatibility has became more relevant than straight POSIX code compatibility.

I agree. I would argue that bring powershell to Linux is a good step in this direction, but it's missing some key components (Active directory...) still.
Don't worry about Active Directory, just sign up to Azure.