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Ask HN: Is Bash for Windows good enough to replace a Linux/Mac terminal?
Planning to buy a Surface Pro after using a Macbook Pro for a few years. I did own a SP2. The only reason I shifted was for unix tools in a solid brick.
Is BFW good enough? Or VM/Dual-boot the way to go still? Or should I wait for Surface Book refresh?
What problems have you faced in dual-booting Linux in Surface Pro.
- savethefuture 9y agoLinux is good enough to replace windows. I think that is what you were attempting to get at.
- msaharia 9y agoNope. I am referring to Bash for Windows subsystem, not a full Linux distribution. [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/about https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/about]
- savethefuture 9y agoYeah but Linux replaces windows ;)
- smt88 9y agoFor what purpose? What do you current do with Linux that you want to use the bash subsystem for?
- msaharia 9y agoI do work that can be termed as data science. Mostly R/Python etc. I also like tinkering with things like RPi. Also bash scripts to do mundane work.