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Arch Linux adapted for Windows Subsystem for Linux
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Re: Arch Linux adapted for Windows Subsystem for Linux
#132Maybe I'm in the minority but I prefer keeping my GNU/Linux and Windows installations separate, with each OS on its own drive. My Linux setup is secure, free of proprietary software and under my full control. When I run tcpdump, I'm met with a clean log where every packet is one I recognize. I get to use my favorite window manager (awesomewm) and I don't have to worry about forced updates. My Windows install is quite…
> Maybe I'm in the minority but I prefer keeping my GNU/Linux and Windows installations separate, with each OS on its own drive.
Consider full disk encryption on the GNU/Linux drive as well, since Windows can still access the disk.
Re: Arch Linux adapted for Windows Subsystem for Linux
#133Maybe I'm in the minority but I prefer keeping my GNU/Linux and Windows installations separate, with each OS on its own drive. My Linux setup is secure, free of proprietary software and under my full control. When I run tcpdump, I'm met with a clean log where every packet is one I recognize. I get to use my favorite window manager (awesomewm) and I don't have to worry about forced updates. My Windows install is quite…
> Maybe I'm in the minority but I prefer keeping my GNU/Linux and Windows installations separate, with each OS on its own drive. That's essentially how the windows subsystem works. It might not technically be a VM, but practically it is.
AFAIK its more like Wine than a VM.
Re: Arch Linux adapted for Windows Subsystem for Linux
#134Earlier quoted context omitted.
It would be nice to be able to develop "native" Linux software right from within Windows where I'm doing other things. I can see the appeal. That's why Microsoft built the Linux subsystem, I suppose.
I would prefer it the other way around: Having a good Windows subsystem in Linux. If however I'm to work on Windows, it's nice to know that I'll finally be able to have access to a functional shell.
I like the approach here; different than WINE. Apparently WinNT was built all along to run applications for different OSs at the same time, like OS/2.
They didn't try to implement all of userspace, just the system calls... a lot less to cover. Very cool project.
Re: Arch Linux adapted for Windows Subsystem for Linux
#135Maybe I'm in the minority but I prefer keeping my GNU/Linux and Windows installations separate, with each OS on its own drive. My Linux setup is secure, free of proprietary software and under my full control. When I run tcpdump, I'm met with a clean log where every packet is one I recognize. I get to use my favorite window manager (awesomewm) and I don't have to worry about forced updates. My Windows install is quite…
Yeah there seems to be some magic going on behind the scenes. I'm not a huge fan of magic in this case. Though it's just Beta now still right? I like having VMs on my local machine that I can snapshot. I would prefer if MSFT bolstered their Hyper-V performance for GUI apps as I found them sort of slow both to RDP/VNC into remotely and also locally.
Would be cool if the Windows Linux subsystem can work like Parallels for OSX that can be blended into the general OS but also snapshots taken and if the user wants, bring the Linux environment in it's own window.
Re: Arch Linux adapted for Windows Subsystem for Linux
#136Earlier quoted context omitted.
Okay I understand, and I more or less feel the same way for the most part. Although I use Linux 95% of the time, and I think Windows has lost its way a little. I would disagree that it isn't robust. The kernel at least is quite excellent. But that's another topic. Sorry for raising this issue, it's the "I will pay $1000's of dollars for hardware, and games", but I can't spare change for an OS that got me started. Apo…
No apologies needed :) Oh, and I also think the Windows kernel is quite excellent. Based on my past experience with how quickly my laptop battery is being depleted, I also feel like Windows 7 saves more energy than Ubuntu. It is just that with the advent of Windows 10, I cannot help but feel like Microsoft adopts some infantilizing practices which I cannot stand. In particular, that my OS is permanently communicating…
i definitly noticed this too with a Windows 8 laptop i got. It did indeed need less battery than a default ubuntu. Then i installed Arch and the world was correct again.
Re: Arch Linux adapted for Windows Subsystem for Linux
#137The screenshot on the github page shows running _yaourt_ as _root_. I can't see how doing it on Windows makes it less horrifying than on Arch.
No, it doesn't.
Re: Arch Linux adapted for Windows Subsystem for Linux
#138Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hehe, there's actually a pretty decent amount of games for Linux these days, but if you're an enthusiast then it's not enough.
Yeah I was exaggerating a bit, I find plenty of games to play. If you're not too picky about which game you play, you can find a lot of good games. It's when all your friends are playing something specific and telling you to play it with them but it's Windows only that you feel the pain and are tempted to reboot into Windows :)
simply dont have a windows to reboot into.
problem solved
Re: Arch Linux adapted for Windows Subsystem for Linux
#139WSL is really amazing, I hope they keep going. The devs have done a really good job and seem to be very open to suggestions.
The best software is always made by happy developers making software to make other developers happy. This also applies to Visual Studio Code.
Atom really is a nice piece of software, definitly done by happy devs. Havent tried to microsoft fork you mention yet.
Re: Arch Linux adapted for Windows Subsystem for Linux
#140What's that certutil and public key thing at the bottom of the .bat?
Looks like a handy tool to output binary in a .bat script