Over the last few years there have been a number of threads in these forums asking why Trainz/TANE was not available on Linux distros - the usual answer was lack of a worthwhile customer base using Linux. There are a few Linux Trainzers who have stated that the only time they turn on a computer running Windows OS was to run Trainz.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking Linux as I have a laptop running Ubuntu.
Last year Microsoft released Windows 10 SP1 (aka Anniversary Update) that included the ability to run Linux command line programs. A step in the right direction said some, but still not good enough.
Now Microsoft have just announced ...
"that three of the most popular Linux distributions are coming to the Windows Store. Ubuntu, SUSE Linux, and Fedora will all be available to install directly from the Windows Store, making it easy to run Linux apps on any Windows 10 device. The Linux installations will run in a virtualized environment side by side with Windows, with the same command-line utilities available that you’d normally have with a full installation."
So it may be possible to have Trainz/TANE and Linux running on the same machine - but not Trainz/TANE running in Linux and I am sure that to some this will still not be good enough.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking Linux as I have a laptop running Ubuntu.
Last year Microsoft released Windows 10 SP1 (aka Anniversary Update) that included the ability to run Linux command line programs. A step in the right direction said some, but still not good enough.
Now Microsoft have just announced ...
"that three of the most popular Linux distributions are coming to the Windows Store. Ubuntu, SUSE Linux, and Fedora will all be available to install directly from the Windows Store, making it easy to run Linux apps on any Windows 10 device. The Linux installations will run in a virtualized environment side by side with Windows, with the same command-line utilities available that you’d normally have with a full installation."
So it may be possible to have Trainz/TANE and Linux running on the same machine - but not Trainz/TANE running in Linux and I am sure that to some this will still not be good enough.