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In past few months, Microsoft opened the source code of a lot of its projects, convincing people that the company loves Linux.

But a new report shows that Microsoft is not really a big supporter of Linux.

Microsoft has banned Linux on some Windows 10 powered Signature Edition PCs, which provides the cleanest Windows experience on the market.

Signature Edition PCs are different from other systems because it is carefully and meticulously configured by Microsoft to run Windows 10 with no bloatware, paid promotional web shortcuts, or other pre-installed apps, for providing better performance.

But besides bloatware and other pre-installed apps, Microsoft won't allow you to install Linux (or any operating system) on it.

This news is not a rumor as a Reddit user BaronHK reported that he found it impossible to install Linux on the Signature Edition Lenovo Yoga 900 ISK2 UltraBook because Microsoft has locked the SSD in a proprietary RAID mode that can only be read by Windows.

When contacted Lenovo, the company confirmed that it had signed an agreement with Microsoft to make this happen.

"This system has a Signature Edition of Windows 10 Home installed. It is locked per our agreement with Microsoft," a Lenovo employee responded to a comment made by BaronHK about the issue.

Lenovo laptops that are not allowing its users to install Linux include the aforementioned Yoga 900 ISK2, the Yoga 900S, as well as the Yoga 710S.
Some have suggested that the issue that prevents Linux from being installed could be Microsoft decision, while others believe that the issue could be related to how the systems have been configured by Lenovo.

For now, all which is clear is that, if you own a Lenovo Signature Edition laptop, you can not install Linux on it.

Microsoft and Lenovo still have to officially comment on this possible restriction configured for Signature Edition PCs.

You might be aware of Microsoft and Canonical's partnership to integrate "Bash on Ubuntu on Windows 10," which is typically a non-graphical Ubuntu running over Windows Subsystem for Linux. Windows 10 doesn’t officially support graphical Linux desktop applications.

But, now we have noticed a very interesting ticket titled "Run Any Desktop Environment in WSL" raised at Github repository, in which a user who goes by name Guerra24 has managed to run the graphical version of Ubuntu Linux, i.e. Ubuntu Unity on Windows 10.

It’s not "Microsoft Linux."

BASH or Bourne Again Shell is capable of handling advanced command line functionalities. Microsoft has provided support for Bash on Windows 10 as an expansion of its command-line tool family, so don't get confused.

The Bash on Windows 10 feature is designed only for developers who want to run Linux terminal utilities without any OS dependencies.

However, this feature downloads and installs a complete Ubuntu user space image, which includes binaries and applications that would run on Ubuntu.

So, Guerra24 managed to find a way that enables Ubuntu's Unity desktop environment, i.e. the graphical version of Ubuntu, on Windows 10 desktop.

However, before doing that you need to turn on "Bash on Windows 10" if you haven't yet.

Bash on Ubuntu on Windows is currently available on latest Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14316; however, the company will bring it to Windows 10 as part of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update coming in August.

Here’s how to turn on Ubuntu Bash Shell on Windows 10 Preview Build.

Once done, next to enable Ubuntu's Unity desktop environment, you need to follow these steps:

Step 1: Download and Install “VcXsrv Windows X Server" on your Windows 10.

And here's the Kicker:

"Running on Linux, ACS [Azure Cloud Switch] is able to make use of its vibrant ecosystem. ACS allows to use and extend Open Source, Microsoft, and Third Party applications."