I read this a while back. It fills my heart with pure joy.
Windows has not traditionally been a platform for hacking. That's not to say that people don't hack on it, but it's just not as available. So while Unix (big tent, all Linuxes, and macOS are in here) has from its beginning been all about hacking.
As people explore Linux they discover, oh maybe I have access to that source code, maybe I can fix that thing over there, maybe I can make that work on this new thing.
Since until recently Windows was a pay to play platform, it didn't really offer that same experience for people to dip their toes into hacking. This is all starting to change, so maybe there will be someone who steps up and does this port, who knows. It would probably be a lot of work though.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 17.7 ms ] threadWindows has not traditionally been a platform for hacking. That's not to say that people don't hack on it, but it's just not as available. So while Unix (big tent, all Linuxes, and macOS are in here) has from its beginning been all about hacking.
As people explore Linux they discover, oh maybe I have access to that source code, maybe I can fix that thing over there, maybe I can make that work on this new thing.
Since until recently Windows was a pay to play platform, it didn't really offer that same experience for people to dip their toes into hacking. This is all starting to change, so maybe there will be someone who steps up and does this port, who knows. It would probably be a lot of work though.