● 06.30.23

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●● This is How Phoronix Covers Microsoft’s Attack on Linux, Turning Mesa Into a Mess (Windows Code)

Posted in Deception, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 1:05 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Previously in Phoronix: Microsoft Thinks It Owns Mesa (and Computer Games) | Pushing Mesa and Linux Graphics Towards Proprietary Microsoft GitHub, WSL (Vista 10), and DirectX

Two days ago in Phoronix: (very soft on Microsoft)

Image: Microsoft Adds Direct3D 12 Powered AV1 Video Encoding To Mesa

Summary: Microsoft is trying to compel people to make “Linux” programs that only work in Windows* (WSL) and it is making the Mesa codebase a lot worse (some Mesa developers openly complained about it), but Phoronix puts a smile on and treats this like something to be celebrated**

_____________* This is classic, textbook “embrace, extend, extinguish” (later Microsoft pays OEMs to prevent them pre-installing GNU/Linux, instead shilling WSL or “app”); see the links at the top with videos that explained it in past years.

• * Years ago:

Image: Phoronix on Microsoft

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