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Bash is coming to Windows

76 points by insulanian 11y ago

Just anounced at Build!

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chubot 11y ago
More details would have been nice ... looks like this is real though: http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-to-show-bash-on-linux-running-on-windows-10/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-to-show-bash-on-linux... Screenshots: http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/30/be-very-afraid-hell-has-frozen-over-bash-is-coming-to-windows-10/ http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/30/be-very-afraid-hell-has-fro...
- TD-Linux 11y ago
  The title bar shows bash.exe. So probably not a Linux binary executable, but a Windows port, like Cygwin or msys? EDIT: Here's another source that claims they are unmodified Linux ELF binaries: http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2016/03/ubuntu-on-windows.html http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2016/03/ubuntu-on-windows.htm...
- insulanian 11y ago
  Hanselman has a post about it: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/DevelopersCanRunBashShellAndUsermodeUbuntuLinuxBinariesOnWindows10.aspx http://www.hanselman.com/blog/DevelopersCanRunBashShellAndUs...
julie1 11y ago
Lol, KSH was announced to be running on windows a long time ago. And it was a scam (according to Mr Korn) http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?KornShellStory http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?KornShellStory Let's wait to see if it has all the horrible features making it a security hole.
CalmStorm 11y ago
I wondered if it will provider better/native support for fork? It will be great if this is the case, since the fork implemented by Cygiwn is somewhat slow.
SunboX 11y ago
Is this announcement related to cmder.net? If so, yeah ... cool. Having this tool since months now. Works.
sciurus 11y ago
See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11388418 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11388418
2ifrgtmypss 11y ago
Fucking a
Gravityloss 11y ago
2 days early?
gst 11y ago
I wonder if it's one of the newer GPLv3 Bash releases, or an older GPLv2 Bash release. The Bash version on OS X is quite outdated due to Apple's avoidance of GPLv3 software.
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gremlinsinc 11y ago
Probably a huge "hope" but it would be cool to see Microsoft move towards releasing some sort of windows/linux hybrid O.S. to rival ubuntu that could run linux and windows software. -- Perhaps make it foss but have some sort of premium app store with fee/split for devs like Apple to pay the bills instead to get it out there.. -- that could make me go back to Microsoft from ubuntu (as I abhor using WINE, so just don't use MS software - but I'm a developer and linux just works better for me.. ).

76 points by insulanian 11y ago

Just anounced at Build!

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chubot 11y ago

More details would have been nice ... looks like this is real though: http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-to-show-bash-on-linux-running-on-windows-10/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-to-show-bash-on-linux... Screenshots: http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/30/be-very-afraid-hell-has-frozen-over-bash-is-coming-to-windows-10/ http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/30/be-very-afraid-hell-has-fro...

TD-Linux 11y ago
The title bar shows bash.exe. So probably not a Linux binary executable, but a Windows port, like Cygwin or msys? EDIT: Here's another source that claims they are unmodified Linux ELF binaries: http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2016/03/ubuntu-on-windows.html http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2016/03/ubuntu-on-windows.htm...
insulanian 11y ago
Hanselman has a post about it: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/DevelopersCanRunBashShellAndUsermodeUbuntuLinuxBinariesOnWindows10.aspx http://www.hanselman.com/blog/DevelopersCanRunBashShellAndUs...

julie1 11y ago

Lol, KSH was announced to be running on windows a long time ago. And it was a scam (according to Mr Korn) http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?KornShellStory http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?KornShellStory Let's wait to see if it has all the horrible features making it a security hole.

CalmStorm 11y ago

I wondered if it will provider better/native support for fork? It will be great if this is the case, since the fork implemented by Cygiwn is somewhat slow.

SunboX 11y ago

Is this announcement related to cmder.net? If so, yeah ... cool. Having this tool since months now. Works.

sciurus 11y ago

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11388418 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11388418

2ifrgtmypss 11y ago

Fucking a

Gravityloss 11y ago

2 days early?

gst 11y ago

I wonder if it's one of the newer GPLv3 Bash releases, or an older GPLv2 Bash release. The Bash version on OS X is quite outdated due to Apple's avoidance of GPLv3 software.

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gremlinsinc 11y ago

Probably a huge "hope" but it would be cool to see Microsoft move towards releasing some sort of windows/linux hybrid O.S. to rival ubuntu that could run linux and windows software. -- Perhaps make it foss but have some sort of premium app store with fee/split for devs like Apple to pay the bills instead to get it out there.. -- that could make me go back to Microsoft from ubuntu (as I abhor using WINE, so just don't use MS software - but I'm a developer and linux just works better for me.. ).