Microsoft integrating the full Linux kernel could be great news.

The news that Windows 10 will soon ship with full Linux kernel with Windows Subsystem for Linux 2(WSL 2) has the potential to be either a really good, or really bad, for Linux. While it can be considered a victory for Linux in particular, and for the open source community at large, we'll have to wait to see how it actually plays out in time.

That it becomes something great for Linux not only depends on how Microsoft behaves, but also how all big players on the Linux community react to the situation. In many ways, things need to be made in such a way so that its on Microsoft's best interest to play nice with the rest of the Linux world. That means that some people will have to get used to work with Microsoft at some level, and its on their best interest doing so.

Let's face it, Microsoft has come to be a player to stay. As such, we better act in such a way that makes Microsoft do as much as possible to play nice with the Linux community at large. By doing so, we can ensure that the influence that Microsoft has is the best it can be for most of the Linux sphere.

At the end of the day, its better having one of the biggest software companies out there working with us.

Linux is set to a contender on the desktop.

As someone who likes reading, and viewing, tech related subjects, I've started to see mainstream people actually saying that some Linux are real options for the casual user and for some professional ones.

It seems that distros like Linux Mint, and Ubuntu, have become more than polished enough to used as the daily OS for a wider set of users. As a user of Linux Mint on my personal laptop, I couldn't agree more.

I'm on an unique position, since I use Windows at work and Linux Mint on my laptop. While the user experience is not exactly the same on both OSes,to be honest my experience on Linux Mint hasn't have anything to ask for to the Windows one. To be honest, in most cases it has been better.

For the casual user, there no real reason not to move to Linux Mint. Even some more advance users would feel right at home using it, specially since nowadays the ones who wouldn't be able to make the move are becoming more the ones who need specific apps that have no analog on the Linux side. And whit each passing day, those apps are becoming fewer and harder to find.

On the hardware side, vendors like System79 are making systems not only have great specs, but that look great too. Dell are also making some great systems. As a matter of fact, most systems made by mainstream vendors is likely to support the most popular Linux distros out there. The ones that not, are becoming more of the exeption than the rule.

Finally Linux has become a real option not only for the geek, or tech savvy. It's finally an option for everyone's computing needs.