Ubuntu (Linux) Will Be A Part Of The Windows 10 Distribution

Bringing Ubuntu to Windows is a Step in the Right Direction for Microsoft

Brank Bi | March 30, 2016

Ever since college, the way that I've been told to study computer science was to avoid Windows for writing code. In class, we used Ubuntu, a flavor of Linux to complete our assignments. Students who showed up to class on the first day with a Windows laptop (myself included), were told to install Ubuntu as a second operating system or face a semester of hardship. Simply put, no one wanted to be partnered with a person who was adamant about sticking to his or her Windows dev environment.
But with today’s announcement of Ubuntu on Windows at Build, the belief that Windows is a bad operating system for developers is coming to an end. At the surface level, this means you’ll be able to run a Bash shell on Windows 10, without having to install a third-party interface like Cygwin, which many seasoned veterans remember as a nightmare.

Source: http://fossbytes.com/microsoft-canonical-bring-ubuntu-linux-on-windows-10/

<more at http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/30/11333522/microsoft-ubuntu-bash-windows-step-in-right-direction; related links and articles: http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-and-canonical-partner-to-bring-ubuntu-to-windows-10/ (+Video) (Microsoft and Canonical partner to bring Ubuntu to Windows 10. You'll soon be able to run Ubuntu on Windows 10. March 29, 2016) and http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/03/ubuntus-bash-and-linux-command-line-coming-to-windows-10/ (Ubuntu’s bash and Linux command line coming to Windows 10. Rising from the ashes of Project Astoria. March 30, 2016)>