> Apple really did not have to make Rosetta 2 available for Linux.
The kinda did - offering good Linux dev environments is now a fairly big feature for both of the major Desktop OS's nowadays.
The kinda did - offering good Linux dev environments is now a fairly big feature for both of the major Desktop OS's nowadays.
Even if you add Chromebooks as third option, Crostini runs in a VM just like WSL 2, and still has quite a few integration issues to this day.
Netbooks could have been it, but first they were torpedoed with Microsoft's clever move to make Windows XP licenses free for those OEMs, followed by the introduction and wide adoptions of tablets.
OEMs like Tuxedo or System 76 will remain a niche compared to how many people end up running GNU/Linux on desktop VMs.
Before WSL I had long moved away from dual boot into VMWare Workstation.
I agree it still doesn't help much with the desktop Linux bit though. :D
No one cares what the relative numbers are. As long as there is enough absolute users to justify the effort.