<div dir="ltr">Personally I never used WSL, and I have been using Linux servers and Windows desktops for more than 20 years.<div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="direction:rtl"><div style="direction:rtl">אורי</div><div style="direction:rtl"><a href="mailto:uri@speedy.net" target="_blank">uri@speedy.net</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 7:04 AM Shlomi Fish <<a href="mailto:shlomif@gmail.com">shlomif@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi Michael!<br>
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On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 5:22 AM Michael Shiloh<br>
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> What is WSL?<br>
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See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux</a> ;<br>
<a href="https://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/culture/case-for-commercial-fan-fiction/indiv-nodes/starved_of_employees.xhtml" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/culture/case-for-commercial-fan-fiction/indiv-nodes/starved_of_employees.xhtml</a><br>
; <a href="http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8764" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8764</a> .<br>
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> On Sat, Feb 5, 2022 at 11:40 PM Shachar Shemesh <<a href="mailto:shachar@shemesh.biz" target="_blank">shachar@shemesh.biz</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> The context is a book I'm writing about introduction to Linux. I don't know exactly who will pick it up and what her reasons might be.<br>
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>> On 05/02/2022 08:37, Yaacov Zamir wrote:<br>
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>> Hi,<br>
>><br>
>> Sorry for the off topic answer<br>
>> I was trying to think what I would recommend, and found that I would give different answers depending on the needs of the specific beginner.<br>
>> Do they want to try out the desktop environment, e.g. gnome KDE?<br>
>> Do they want to learn to be linux sys admins?<br>
>> Do they want to learn to program linux specific applications, drivers?<br>
>> Do they want to learn linux containers, virtulization?<br>
>> What type of beginner do you have in mind?<br>
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>> בתאריך יום ו׳, 4 בפבר׳ 2022, 09:11 PM, מאת Shachar Shemesh <<a href="mailto:shachar@shemesh.biz" target="_blank">shachar@shemesh.biz</a>>:<br>
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>>> Title pretty much says it all. Should beginners on Linux be directed toward trying out WSL?<br>
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>>> I have my own opinion, but I'd like to hear others as well.<br>
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>>> Thank you,<br>
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>>> Shachar<br>
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