Microsoft gives unexpected tutorial on how to install Linux — You may need it because Windows 10 is no longer a free upgrade.
Microsoft has published guidance on how to download and install Linux. In other news, Hell freezes over and pigs fly south to their winter feeding grounds.
The Seattle-area proprietary OS vendor has published a helpful guide entitled “How to download and install Linux,” inspiring reactions from incredulity to amusement.
Microsoft suggests four alternative installation methods: using Windows Subsystem for Linux 2, using a local VM, using a cloud VM, or on bare metal. It almost feels cruel to criticize it, but it seems that this really amounts to two methods. WSL version 2 is a VM.
