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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06/02/2022 05:21, Michael Shiloh
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<div dir="auto">What is WSL?</div>
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<p>Windows Subsystem for Linux.</p>
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<p>It allows you, on any Windows 10 machine, to install a virtual
machine + Linux with a single command. It allows you to open an
Ubuntu (some other distros are also supported, but Ubuntu is their
main one) shell that is sort-of kinda integrated into Windows. No
GUI support, at this time.</p>
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<p>It has been highly hyped, because Microsoft is, essentially,
bundling Linux. Then again, I'm more excited about the fact that
WordPad now opens ODT files out of the box (Word has done that for
quite some time).</p>
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<p>At the end of the day, I see no difference between WSL and
installing VirtualBox, configuring shared folders, and installing
Ubuntu on it. Installation is easier, but VirtualBox also gives
you GUI.</p>
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<p>The only area I'm not sure how things work is around system
services. VirtualBox doesn't give me nested virtualization, so I
can't get WSL working on my Windows inside a VM. I'll need to
reboot to test it, so I'm doing the lazy thing and asking whether
anyone else has any experience :-)</p>
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<p>Shachar<br>
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