• woelkchen@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Fun fact: Microsoft can already do that: Just ship a Windows container VM on Xbox.

    Edit: Apparently “container” is the wrong term.

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        3 months ago

        Even Microsoft knows windows containers are fucking shit

        The Xbox System Software contains a heavily modified Hyper-V hypervisor (known as NanoVisor) as its host OS and two partitions. One of the partitions, the “Exclusive” partition is a custom virtual machine (VM) for games; the other partition, the “Shared” partition is a custom VM for running multiple apps including the OS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_system_software#System

        Xbox already runs two VMs. Just throw in a third with real Windows.

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            3 months ago

            A VM and a container are two completely different pieces of technology…

            I’m sorry I mixed up the terminology. I was sure the point of “Microsoft can ship Windows with Xbox” came across no matter what.