Why do many Linux fans have a greater distaste for Microsoft over Apple?

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  • darwin-xnu

    Discontinued Legacy mirror of Darwin Kernel. Replaced by https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/xnu

  • And Apple has also great contributions to Open Source. While their OSes aren’t completely open source, the most central parts of them are (it’s based on freeBSD after all), including the kernel. Check their website. Ever used a printer on your Linux system? You’re using Apple open source software.

  • WSL2-Linux-Kernel

    The source for the Linux kernel used in Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2)

  • What is this then? https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel

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