[Cialug] Well Done Microsoft?

Fri Sep 30 21:33:11 CDT 2016

Alt+Tab, automatic updates, integration with local file system.
At least that's why I have it.
And I don't have to wait for a VM to boot up, or have the resource overhead.

Jared Brees - Squirrel Photographer

> From: dave at 58ghz.net
> Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 14:08:27 -0500
> To: cialug at cialug.org
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Well Done Microsoft?
> 
> 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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