[Cialug] Well Done Microsoft?

[Dave Hala]

Am I missing the point here? Why would even I bother with MS's new
linux toy, when I can just run a vm of the linux of my choice?

I suppose it could be useful, when I'm working on someone else's
machine and I'm not able to fire up a vm.

:) Dave



On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 1:57 PM, Jimmy Lela <binaryvisionary at gmail.com> wrote:
> I was going to recommend that same HowtoGeek article, they do a good job of
> explaining.  Also, I've been using GnuOnWindows (GoW) for a while and
> liking it.  It's just a small subset of commands and doesn't always behave
> identically, but it's much cleaner and simpler than CygWin.
>
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley <
> daniel.ramaley at drake.edu> wrote:
>
>> Here's how to set it up. I just Googled "windows 10 anniversary update
>> linux" and clicked the first link. The steps looked right from what i
>> remember when i installed it on my Windows VM.
>>
>> http://www.howtogeek.com/249966/how-to-install-and-use-
>> the-linux-bash-shell-on-windows-10/
>>
>> I've only used Cygwin a small amount, years ago. It worked, but was
>> pretty rough around the edges. The Linux that comes from the
>> Microsoft/Ubuntu collaboration pretty much just works.
>>
>> On 2016-09-30 10:16, Dan Hockey wrote:
>> > I've had 2 of my computers update,is there a howto that explains the
>> linux
>> > for windows stuff? I've been messing with cygwin lately and I'm wondering
>> > if it was any better than cygwin..
>> >
>> > On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 11:11 PM, Jared Brees <fromj2sitsme at msn.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I haven't had a whole lot of luck with it. While it says I'm "root", I
>> >> can't even ping... unless I run it as administrator.
>> >> So, I set the executable to run as administrator.
>> >> Now I can ping, but not run NMap. Something with the way Windows handles
>> >> wireless connections doesn't allow for much fancy network stuff to be
>> done
>> >> over Wi-Fi. I ran into this a year or so ago when I tried to run
>> wireless
>> >> Wireshark on Windows 7. Apparently the Ubuntu shell they added still has
>> >> this limitation (these limitations?).
>> >> Or perhaps I'm just doing it wrong. It's happened before. :-)
>> >> Jared Brees - Squirrel Photographer
>> >>
>> >>> From: neomatrixjr at gmail.com
>> >>> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 23:20:18 -0400
>> >>> To: cialug at cialug.org
>> >>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Well Done Microsoft?
>> >>>
>> >>> Not supposed to be custom. The "kernel" is a custom interface I
>> believe,
>> >>> but everything else is supposed to be stock. It has some limitations.
>> It
>> >>> doesn't start at boot and has no gui (not sure if you can install/run x
>> >> or
>> >>> not).
>> >>>
>> >>> On Sep 29, 2016 10:25 PM, "Tim Wilson" <tim_linux at wilson-home.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Speaking of MS, has anyone seen the Anniversary Edition of Win10?  I
>> know
>> >>> this was talked about a few months ago, but I couldn't believe it
>> until I
>> >>> saw it.  You can enable features to turn on native bash.  There's a few
>> >>> small hoops that you need to jump through, but you can run bash as well
>> >> as
>> >>> a host of other Linux commands.  It downloads some flavor of Ubuntu,
>> I'm
>> >>> guessing customized for this purpose.  And as advertised, the
>> executables
>> >>> are ELF format, not just recompiled to EXEs.  Amazing how some new
>> >>> leadership at MS can have such an impact.
>> >>>
>> >>> On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Dave Hala <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> Scary that kind of processing power.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 4:46 PM, jim kraai <jimgkraai at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>>> Nice, bleeding edge use of FPGAs
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/
>> >>>> 09/programmable-chips-turning-azure-into-a-supercomputing-powerhouse/
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