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The situation is not like "the PC can boot Windows and only Windows with no alternatives" like the 32 bit Arm Surface things.
And if it was like that they would be Windows books.
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I totally agree. Look at what gamers have already been willing to sacrifice. They've been boiling like frogs as things get worse and worse. If you try to point it out your either called crazy or told it doesn't matter.
I look at it like EEE. Step one is to make people go through workarounds. Step 2 will be taking the workarounds away and suggesting they run Windows with the Linux subsystem. Step 3 will be to take away the subsystem and say just run Windows. Think about it, would it really shock anyone if Microsoft did that ?
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To expand on that point, we have to respect that it isn't necessarily the same exact group of people being boiled, but that new (naive) gamers enter the scene each day. It's weird to think that there are kids starting out building there first computers today where it is now "normal" for to firmware and CPUs to treat the owner as an adversary to be contained.
I have some semi-technically literate friends who already see things that way: "now I can run it on Windows subsystem **so I don't have to** install a proper Linux system". More likely MS will keep the subsystem in place while they gradually transform Windows itself into a UNIX-like. And once they arrive at full UNIXification, the layperson will cheer how wonderful and brilliant Microsoft is for "inventing" these great new features and standards.
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This probably refers to a specific group of power users which may be a minority compared to Linux (on bare metal) users. AFAIK "thank god I am sick of Windows but I can get my job done with WSL during work, home is already Linux only" is more common.
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Way back in the days when I had to use Windows at work (and way before Microsoft loved Linux), there was Cygwin, which AFAICT provided most if not all of what WSL does.
And I can absolutely see the attitude described above, "why even bother installing Linux", oh dear. EEE perfection.