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How stable is it? I've been playing around with the idea installing it on my only (dev)machine. I dont expect the ubuntu subsystem to work perfectly but my old

by DocG 10y ago

How stable is it? I've been playing around with the idea installing it on my only (dev)machine. I dont expect the ubuntu subsystem to work perfectly but my old workflow to be stable. Edit: I am regularly suprised that nano filename does not open quick edit in my machine. And then I remeber I am working in my local machine.

dingo_bat 10y ago
It's pretty stable. But also pretty useless. Fun to play around and use a bit of byobu. I had a repo that wouldn't check out in windows because of some file names. But bash on Ubuntu on Windows worked like a champ. But as I said, the utility is limited. If you really need the Linux kernel, this is useless. If you don't, then everything is already available on Windows natively.
- supernovae 10y ago
  THis makes no sense.. Most people don't comprehend that it's not just bash, its the entire Ubuntu user space. You can run Ubuntu apps just by running apt-get. VI, Ruby, Golang, Rust. You can set Bash as your debug shell in VS Code, you can have all your familiar SSH keys/forwarding/scp tools.. Of course there is a ton of windows native stuff, but in essence this makes Linux native so now you have just that much more.
  - dingo_bat 10y ago
    >You can run Ubuntu apps just by running apt-get. VI, Ruby, Golang, Rust But I already have vim, ruby, golang and rust natively on Windows. I agree it's cool. But still pointless. >You can set Bash as your debug shell in VS Code, you can have all your familiar SSH keys/forwarding/scp tools. I can install vscode on Linux directly. And again, ssh, scp, etc is already there on Windows.
    - GeorgeHahn 10y ago
      I think many of us who use Windows take for granted the number of tools we use to cover over our pain points. I use Msys2, Cmder, a bunch of custom tool builds, and some Powershell scripts. This setup works great; I'm productive with it and my command line feels fantastic. However, I have been tweaking my setup for years. WSL makes all of that learning, setup, and tweaking unnecessary. All of your tools are available out of the box, and you don't have to configure anything, hunt down binaries, or make your own builds. This isn't about making you and I more comfortable - we already are. This is about making it easier for other devs to find a happy setup on Windows.
GeorgeHahn 10y ago
There are official builds of nano for win32 (Cygwin). In my experience, they work quite well - especially when paired with Cmder/ConEmu. https://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v2.5/NT/ https://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v2.5/NT/

by DocG 10y ago

dingo_bat 10y ago

It's pretty stable. But also pretty useless. Fun to play around and use a bit of byobu. I had a repo that wouldn't check out in windows because of some file names. But bash on Ubuntu on Windows worked like a champ. But as I said, the utility is limited. If you really need the Linux kernel, this is useless. If you don't, then everything is already available on Windows natively.

supernovae 10y ago
THis makes no sense.. Most people don't comprehend that it's not just bash, its the entire Ubuntu user space. You can run Ubuntu apps just by running apt-get. VI, Ruby, Golang, Rust. You can set Bash as your debug shell in VS Code, you can have all your familiar SSH keys/forwarding/scp tools.. Of course there is a ton of windows native stuff, but in essence this makes Linux native so now you have just that much more.
- dingo_bat 10y ago
  >You can run Ubuntu apps just by running apt-get. VI, Ruby, Golang, Rust But I already have vim, ruby, golang and rust natively on Windows. I agree it's cool. But still pointless. >You can set Bash as your debug shell in VS Code, you can have all your familiar SSH keys/forwarding/scp tools. I can install vscode on Linux directly. And again, ssh, scp, etc is already there on Windows.
  - GeorgeHahn 10y ago
    I think many of us who use Windows take for granted the number of tools we use to cover over our pain points. I use Msys2, Cmder, a bunch of custom tool builds, and some Powershell scripts. This setup works great; I'm productive with it and my command line feels fantastic. However, I have been tweaking my setup for years. WSL makes all of that learning, setup, and tweaking unnecessary. All of your tools are available out of the box, and you don't have to configure anything, hunt down binaries, or make your own builds. This isn't about making you and I more comfortable - we already are. This is about making it easier for other devs to find a happy setup on Windows.

GeorgeHahn 10y ago

There are official builds of nano for win32 (Cygwin). In my experience, they work quite well - especially when paired with Cmder/ConEmu. https://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v2.5/NT/ https://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v2.5/NT/