Should beginners work with WSL?

[Michael Shiloh]

What is WSL?

On Sat, Feb 5, 2022 at 11:40 PM Shachar Shemesh <shachar at shemesh.biz> wrote:

> 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.
> On 05/02/2022 08:37, Yaacov Zamir wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Sorry for the off topic answer
> 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.
> Do they want to try out the desktop environment, e.g. gnome KDE?
> Do they want to learn to be linux sys admins?
> Do they want to learn to program linux specific applications, drivers?
> Do they want to learn linux containers, virtulization?
> What type of beginner do you have in mind?
>
> בתאריך יום ו׳, 4 בפבר׳ 2022, 09:11 PM, מאת Shachar Shemesh ‏<
> shachar at shemesh.biz>:
>
>> Title pretty much says it all. Should beginners on Linux be directed
>> toward trying out WSL?
>>
>>
>> I have my own opinion, but I'd like to hear others as well.
>>
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Shachar
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