Re: [wsjt-devel] Bash Coming to Win-10

2016-04-08 Thread David Ranch
Hey Greg, > The Microsoft development team have been very clear, this package is > intended for developers wanting GNU command-line-tools managed through > the MS install / update system. They (Microsoft) have also been very > clear about X-Windows *not being* included / supported. The package /

Re: [wsjt-devel] Bash Coming to Win-10

2016-04-08 Thread Greg Beam
Hi David, We must be reading different blogs and watching completely different videos or something, as your comments make no sense with respect to the Ubuntu Bash Subsystem. The Microsoft development team have been very clear, this package is intended for developers wanting GNU command-line-to

Re: [wsjt-devel] Bash Coming to Win-10

2016-04-08 Thread David Ranch
It's quite strange to me that Microsoft is creating a "reverse Wine" type solution. By being able to SSH into a Windows machine to a Bash prompt is essentially no different than logging into a Linux box but to what end? Run all the GNU tools but with a Windows kernel? How odd. Sure, you'l

Re: [wsjt-devel] Bash Coming to Win-10

2016-04-08 Thread Greg Beam
Just FYI, Win-10 Insider Preview 14316 is released, which includes Bash for Windows, Git, SSH, VIM, EMACS and much more. The Ubuntu command line image itself gets stored under AppData and is user specific (each user has it's own command line shell). One additional / neat feature is, you create

Re: [wsjt-devel] Bash Coming to Win-10

2016-03-30 Thread Joe Taylor
Nice! On 3/30/2016 8:34 PM, Greg Beam wrote: > Not a WSJT Dev issue per say, but, interesting nonetheless. > > http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/30/11331014/microsoft-windows-linux-ubuntu-bash > > > 73's > Greg, KI7MT > > > > > -

[wsjt-devel] Bash Coming to Win-10

2016-03-30 Thread Greg Beam
Not a WSJT Dev issue per say, but, interesting nonetheless. http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/30/11331014/microsoft-windows-linux-ubuntu-bash 73's Greg, KI7MT -- Transform Data into Opportunity. Accelerate data analysis