Should beginners work with WSL?

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Personally I never used WSL, and I have been using Linux servers and
Windows desktops for more than 20 years.

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On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 7:04 AM Shlomi Fish <shlomif at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Michael!
>
> On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 5:22 AM Michael Shiloh
> <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > What is WSL?
> >
>
> See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux ;
>
> https://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/culture/case-for-commercial-fan-fiction/indiv-nodes/starved_of_employees.xhtml
> ; http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8764 .
>
> > 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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