Canonical & Microsoft together? No, it's not the end of the world. As Microsoft gears up for its BUILD developer conference, expect some very exciting news to be released today.
According to a new publication ZDNet, the big announcement is likely to mention a partnership between Canonical and Microsoft, which will aim to bring Ubuntu to Windows 10.
At the moment, we do not know too many things as Microsoft is trying to keep secret cooperation. However, if you are hoping to be able to run Ubuntu directly through Windows 10, you will probably be disappointed. This announcement is probably not about the general public.
It is most likely that Microsoft will integrate into Windows 10, and a subsystem Linux as already highlighted in the preview versions of the operating system released this year.
In addition, the project it will not be aimed at consumers, but at developers. We know Microsoft's obsession with developers lately.
Ubuntu is most likely to run on some native Windows libraries and is almost certain to come without the Unity interface, but only in Bash and with a CLI toolkit, including make, gawk, and grep.
Recently, a new BUILD 2016 session was posted on Channel 9 called "Running Bash on Ubuntu on Windows" (but it was quickly removed before anyone noticed) and it seems that a great announcement will be made at the developers' conference.
A first announcement from Microsoft could be released later today.
