The installation process for the WSL still blows - and I say that as somebody who really likes this feature. I tried doing it today on my laptop: 1.) Open up

The installation process for the WSL still blows - and I say that as somebody who really likes this feature. I tried doing it today on my laptop: 1.) Open up the Programs and Features control panel. 2.) Go to Turn Windows Features on or off 3.) Select the Windows Subsystem for Linux option and hit OK. Installs, prompts for reboot. 4.) Try to launch C:\Windows\System32\bash.exe. Console window flashes momentarily and disappears. 5.) Open CMD window and run bash.exe. See a message that says "In order to use this feature you must have Developer Mode enabled." 6.) Faff around trying to find where the developer mode switch is hidden, in the newer Settings app. Enable that. Wait five-ten minutes as it does... things. Reboot again. 7.) Try to run bash again, and again console window flashes in and out of existence in a millisecond. Run it again from a CMD window. Type "y" to accept license terms. More things download from the Windows Store(?). Create a linux account. 8.) Finally have bash working on Windows, albeit in the terrible, terrible default console shell. Go look up how to setup ConEmu... This really should be streamlined a little bit, right?