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I do not work for MS. I use a Surface Book, which is a slightly higher end but related hardware. The biggest frustration about it is that many open source proj

I do not work for MS. I use a Surface Book, which is a slightly higher end but related hardware. The biggest frustration about it is that many open source projects only care about making their scripting work on a Mac and UNIX. This is awkward because it means I need to use the Bash-on-Windows subsystem which has no updated to a recent version of Ubuntu and is somewhat challenging to upgrade. Other than that, it's great. It's a solid devbox (when battery saving mode is off), touch monitors are great for working with touch interfaces, it's very easy to plug into the OS primitives to add things like notifications to your build chains, and the battery life even with docker on is better than my corporate macbook pro.

merb 10y ago
> Bash-on-Windows subsystem which has no updated to a recent version of Ubuntu This statement is wrong since yesterday. (2017-04-06)
- KirinDave 10y ago
  Oh damn! I gotta go update. I know I have one pending.
  - merb 10y ago
    not sure if it's available through update, but you can install the creators update manually if not. also after that you need to lxrun /delete or so and reinstall the bash. after that it's on 16.04 and the interaction between windows <-> linux is way better. i.e. running `explorer.exe .` now works..
    - Kipters 10y ago
      You can also use `sudo do-release-upgrade` in Bash, I did it today on my work machine
      - KirinDave 10y ago
        That's NEVER worked for me before. Maybe it'll start working now, but I know many folks who agree it simply failed.
      - KirinDave 10y ago
        It still doesn't work. Are you on fast/slow ring?
    - KirinDave 10y ago
      I haven't installed the update yet, but purging and installing again I'm still getting 14.04. I think it must be tied to the update.
- KirinDave 10y ago
  As far as I can tell, my statement is not wrong. You may be on a fast or slow ring, but on the normal ring a lxrun /uninstall /full lxrun /install /y bash lsb_release -a Results in: Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS Release: 14.04 Codename: trusty I'm not going to lie, you really had my hopes up and I'm really disappointed. And the dist upgrade process still just breaks randomly saying, "[Screen is terminating]". Please tell me what I need to do. :P
  - merb 10y ago
    no I'm on a normal ring (or is enterprise n different?!) but I installed it via a link inside the updates panel, when you click on updates there is a link to "creators update is out now, click on how to get it" or so. then I clicked got an installer/updater, did it and voila. (i also have access to msdn/visual studio team services which now provides media for the new build) build number is 1703 and you get it via https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4014184/windows-10-creators-update-here https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4014184/windows-10-... (there is a download assistent link) P.S. on a clean install we noted a slightly different install routine.

merb 10y ago

> Bash-on-Windows subsystem which has no updated to a recent version of Ubuntu This statement is wrong since yesterday. (2017-04-06)

KirinDave 10y ago
Oh damn! I gotta go update. I know I have one pending.
- merb 10y ago
  not sure if it's available through update, but you can install the creators update manually if not. also after that you need to lxrun /delete or so and reinstall the bash. after that it's on 16.04 and the interaction between windows <-> linux is way better. i.e. running `explorer.exe .` now works..
  - Kipters 10y ago
    You can also use `sudo do-release-upgrade` in Bash, I did it today on my work machine
    - KirinDave 10y ago
      That's NEVER worked for me before. Maybe it'll start working now, but I know many folks who agree it simply failed.
    - KirinDave 10y ago
      It still doesn't work. Are you on fast/slow ring?
  - KirinDave 10y ago
    I haven't installed the update yet, but purging and installing again I'm still getting 14.04. I think it must be tied to the update.
KirinDave 10y ago
As far as I can tell, my statement is not wrong. You may be on a fast or slow ring, but on the normal ring a lxrun /uninstall /full lxrun /install /y bash lsb_release -a Results in: Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS Release: 14.04 Codename: trusty I'm not going to lie, you really had my hopes up and I'm really disappointed. And the dist upgrade process still just breaks randomly saying, "[Screen is terminating]". Please tell me what I need to do. :P
- merb 10y ago
  no I'm on a normal ring (or is enterprise n different?!) but I installed it via a link inside the updates panel, when you click on updates there is a link to "creators update is out now, click on how to get it" or so. then I clicked got an installer/updater, did it and voila. (i also have access to msdn/visual studio team services which now provides media for the new build) build number is 1703 and you get it via https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4014184/windows-10-creators-update-here https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4014184/windows-10-... (there is a download assistent link) P.S. on a clean install we noted a slightly different install routine.