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Microsoft Windows 2023 SDK (also known as Project Volterra) is a “Windows 11 machine with excellent Linux support”, but it is not bootable. It depends Alex EllisDeveloper and Founder Open FaasWorld Health Organization Try running Linux on bootBut it was largely unsuccessful.
Linux is supported on the device, but only by WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux v2). At this time, the SDK will not allow you to boot directly into Linux.
But will it be Linux? Microsoft 2023 ARM64 SDK pic.twitter.com/B8sY2W4AOo
– Alex Ellis (@alexellisuk) October 27 2022
Linux on Microsoft 2023 SDK
Microsoft Dev Kit 2023 was announced at Build 2022 as an ARM-based mini PC. The SDK also includes preview releases of Microsoft Visual Studio 2022, version 17.4, Windows Application SDK, and .NET Framework 4.8.1.
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The 2023 SDK integrates with Windows 11 Pro and supports WSL2, virtual machines, and other development tools. In addition, you can also develop applications to run on an NPU (Neural Processing Unit). Not bad for $599.99.
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According to Ellis, he hasn’t given up yet, but was disappointed that the device was considered a developer’s machine, considering that it could not run Linux directly:
Booting Linux is not an option at the moment and may require Microsoft to issue a Device Tree Blob (DTB) or a third party to reverse engineer it. While I appreciate this kind of fix, it was disappointing that a ‘development kit’ designed for developers can neither run Linux nor enable Linux Linux kernel for WSL2″.
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