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minus-squarechronicledmonocle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33·13 days agoOddly, Windows can natively handle .tar.gz now. Found that out the other day.
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·12 days agoProbably part of that Windows Subsystem for Linux
minus-square🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·12 days agoAt what point is windows just gonna become Linux with a proprietary frontend.
minus-squarezzx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·12 days agoThat idea has been thrown around A LOT. I don’t think it’ll ever happen tbh
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-212 days agoMS: you mean we can fire 95% of the windows devs, and nerds on the internet will just do the work for us? MS: we love Linux now! E: stonks 📈
minus-squarezzx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·12 days agoThey’d lose their moat overnight, not gonna happen
minus-squareLaggyKar@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·12 days agoNo, they just include libarchive in Windows
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·12 days agoIt also came with tar preinstalled in cmd for a while before supporting it in their GUI.
minus-squareabbadon420@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agoYeah, but it’s a two step process. You first unpack the gz, than unpack the tar
Oddly, Windows can natively handle .tar.gz now. Found that out the other day.
Probably part of that Windows Subsystem for Linux
At what point is windows just gonna become Linux with a proprietary frontend.
That idea has been thrown around A LOT.
I don’t think it’ll ever happen tbh
MS: you mean we can fire 95% of the windows devs, and nerds on the internet will just do the work for us?
MS: we love Linux now!
E: stonks 📈
They’d lose their moat overnight, not gonna happen
No, they just include libarchive in Windows
It also came with tar preinstalled in cmd for a while before supporting it in their GUI.
Yeah, but it’s a two step process. You first unpack the gz, than unpack the tar