Interop between Ubuntu and the Windows Subsystem for Linux

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Post by jackhammons » Wed, Oct 19, 2016, 10:13 PM UTC

Interop between Ubuntu and the Windows Subsystem for Linux
blogs.msdn.microsoft.com

Re: Interop between Ubuntu and the Windows Subsystem for Linux

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Post by visarga » Thu, Oct 20, 2016, 8:36 AM UTC

This is cool. Windows should have been integrated with Linux 10 years ago or provided an alternative that was on par.

Re: Interop between Ubuntu and the Windows Subsystem for Linux

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Post by jsingleton » Thu, Oct 20, 2016, 8:42 AM UTC

Interesting that Microsoft are, at the same time, integrating Linux features into Windows and making .NET Core for Linux. I'm not sure if it's a joined-up strategy or separate parts of the company doing things independently?

Re: Interop between Ubuntu and the Windows Subsystem for Linux

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Post by anondon » Thu, Oct 20, 2016, 8:43 AM UTC

visarga wrote: post #2

This is cool. Windows should have been integrated with Linux 10 years ago or provided an alternative that was on par.

It wouldn't have made business sense back then.

Re: Interop between Ubuntu and the Windows Subsystem for Linux

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Post by kyriakos » Thu, Oct 20, 2016, 9:21 AM UTC

previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12748395

Re: Interop between Ubuntu and the Windows Subsystem for Linux

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Post by teekert » Thu, Oct 20, 2016, 9:31 AM UTC

jsingleton wrote: post #3

Interesting that Microsoft are, at the same time, integrating Linux features into Windows and making .NET Core for Linux. I'm not sure if it's a joined-up strategy or separate parts of the company doing things independently?

Why bet on one horse? They are just spreading the risk and cater to different needs.

Re: Interop between Ubuntu and the Windows Subsystem for Linux

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Post by yummyfajitas » Thu, Oct 20, 2016, 10:02 AM UTC

Out of curiosity, do any long term Linux users have experience with the new windows? I.e. is windows now an acceptable Linux?

I've been using Linux for > 15 years and my emacs config is older than git. (Repo was converted from svn to darcs to hg to git over many years.) Now windows purports to run Linux binaries, has a tiling window manager and good command lines. Is it worth considering as a primary os?

Re: Interop between Ubuntu and the Windows Subsystem for Linux

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Post by philtar » Thu, Oct 20, 2016, 10:53 AM UTC

yummyfajitas wrote: post #7

Out of curiosity, do any long term Linux users have experience with the new windows? I.e. is windows now an acceptable Linux? I've been using Linux for > 15 years and my emacs config is older than git. (Repo was converted from svn to darcs to hg to git over many years.) Now windows purports to run Linux binaries, has a tiling window manager and good command lines. Is it worth considering as a primary os?

I switched. The customizability of linux isn't there which I sorely miss, but now my laptop runs quietly and gets 8 hours of power as opposed to 4-5

Re: Interop between Ubuntu and the Windows Subsystem for Linux

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Post by digi_owl » Thu, Oct 20, 2016, 10:57 AM UTC

jsingleton wrote: post #3

Interesting that Microsoft are, at the same time, integrating Linux features into Windows and making .NET Core for Linux. I'm not sure if it's a joined-up strategy or separate parts of the company doing things independently?

The first is to draw devs away from OSX and onto Windows laptops and desktops.

the second is to get their .NET stuff into the cloud.

MS have always been about controlling the stack under their "total cost of ownership" pitch.

Re: Interop between Ubuntu and the Windows Subsystem for Linux

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Post by anoother » Thu, Oct 20, 2016, 11:25 AM UTC

I really, really wish they would release this for 32-bit Windows 10. Let me explain...

I bought a laptop with W10, mainly to use WSfL on it. Only after updating to the insider preview and then scratching my head for a bit, did I learn that WSfL is only available for 64-bit Windows. The laptop, however (Bay Trail-based), has a 32-bit UEFI, with which 64-bit Windows refuses to install.

I'm dual-booting (amd64) Arch for now; the first distro whose installer played nicely with the funky UEFI setup _and_ F2FS. But I'm really impressed with the W10 on this laptop. If only it could provide a native UNIX experience...