Editing Interix (section)

{{Short description|Unix subsystem for Windows NT operating systems}}
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'''Interix''' was an optional{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}, [[POSIX]]-conformant{{citation needed|date=November 2021}} [[Unix]] subsystem for [[Windows NT]] [[operating system]]s. Interix was a component of [[Windows Services for UNIX]], and a superset of the [[Microsoft POSIX subsystem]]. Like the POSIX subsystem, Interix was an [[Architecture of Windows NT#User mode|environment subsystem]] for the [[Architecture of Windows NT#Kernel|NT kernel]]. It included numerous [[open source]] [[utility software]] programs and [[Library (computing)|libraries]]. Interix was originally developed and sold as '''OpenNT''' until purchased by Microsoft in 1999.

Interix versions 5.2 and 6.0 were respective components of [[Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2]], [[Windows Vista Enterprise]], [[Windows Vista Ultimate]], and [[Windows Server 2008]] as '''Subsystem for Unix-based Applications'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/R2/unixcomponents/default.mspx |title=Windows Server 2003 R2 UNIX Interoperability Components|website=[[Microsoft]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115202837/https://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/R2/unixcomponents/default.mspx |archive-date=2008-01-15 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ('''SUA'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/695ac415-d314-45df-b464-4c80ddc2b3bc1033.mspx |title=Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications |access-date=2006-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060323182645/http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/695ac415-d314-45df-b464-4c80ddc2b3bc1033.mspx |archive-date=2006-03-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref>). Version 6.1 was included in [[Windows 7]] (Enterprise and Ultimate editions) but disabled by default,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lbw.sourceforge.net/interix.html |title=LBW: Installing Interix |publisher=Lbw.sourceforge.net |access-date=2014-03-31 |archive-date=2015-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411031240/http://lbw.sourceforge.net/interix.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and in [[Windows Server 2008 R2]] (all editions).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=DC03485B-629B-49A6-B5EF-18617D1A9804&displaylang=en |title=Utilities and SDK for Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications in Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2|website=[[Microsoft]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012042853/http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=DC03485B-629B-49A6-B5EF-18617D1A9804&displaylang=en |archive-date=2010-10-12 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
It was available as a deprecated<ref>{{cite web |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2012-R2-and-2012/hh831568(v=ws.11)?redirectedfrom=MSDN |title=Features Removed or Deprecated in Windows Server 2012|date=31 August 2016 }}</ref> separate download for [[Windows 8]] and [[Windows Server 2012]], and is not available at all on [[Windows 10]].