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 <shac...@shemesh.biz> wrote: > > > On 06/02/2022 05:21, Michael Shiloh wrote: > > What is WSL? > > Windows Subsystem for Linux. > > > 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. > > > 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). > > > 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. > > > 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 :-) > > > Shachar > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
