Linux is too powerful for Windows 10 S, so Microsoft just blocked it
Microsoft is actively blocking the “ command-line” apps that run outside the safe environment of Windows 10 S, informed Microsoft senior program manager Rich Turner.
Windows 10 S is explicitly created for students and mainstream users who do not want to mess around the Windows 10 experience. The Windows 10 S only runs apps that have got vetted by Microsoft and appears in the Store. Though Microsoft didn’ t explicitly accept any speculation at that point of time, those apps didn’ t run on a lower level PC.
Turner said, " Windows 10 S has been deliberately constrained to prevent just these types of apps and tasks from running!" They behave like command line tools and run outside in a UWP sandbox and in a secure runtime infrastructure.
Not only Linux, other low-level apps also won’ t run in Windows 10 S. Fortunately there is a solution, the Windows 10 S contains a built-in upgrade path to Windows 10 Pro. So the user needs to upgrade to Windows 10 Pro. If Windows 10 S does in fact take off in the classroom. It could be hard to encourage kids to code, and then hack, without giving them access to low-level functions.
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