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If you want to quickly check that your code works on a Linux server, the windows subsystem for linux is quick way to do this without spawning a VM. That does n
by ogrisel 10y ago
If you want to quickly check that your code works on a Linux server, the windows subsystem for linux is quick way to do this without spawning a VM.
That does not replace continuous integration on a real Linux host but that might be a good way to do interactive development and debugging of cross-platform code directly on windows.
- gspetr 10y ago> the windows subsystem for linux Which windows versions are we talking? Do they all have equally good support or are previous (Most people are still using Win7) versions crippled in some way?
- y4mi 10y agothe windows subsystem is limited to the latest version of windows 10. actually - scratch that: its limited to the now coming version of windows 10. there are (to my knowledge) no plans to ever port it to any other system. this was stated in one of the earliest interviews about it iirc
- WorldMaker 10y agoFirst stable release of WSL was the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, which has been both the Current Branch and Current Branch for Business, since back in November. (The Creators Update out soon includes updates/enhancements/fixes to it.) It is not expected to be back-ported to Windows 7. (Why would it be?)