Should beginners work with WSL?

[Michael Shiloh]

Ah, Subsystem! I guessed the Windows and Linux part, but couldn't
figure out the S.

Thanks!

On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 8:48 AM Shachar Shemesh <shachar at shemesh.biz> wrote:
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> On 06/02/2022 05:21, Michael Shiloh wrote:
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> What is WSL?
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> Windows Subsystem for Linux.
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> 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.
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> 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).
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> 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.
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> 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 :-)
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> Shachar
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