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I remember that Microsoft described Windows as “Windows IS POSIX,” when discussing other operating systems that could be competitors… Windows had a POSIX layer
by IncRnd 9y ago
I remember that Microsoft described Windows as “Windows IS POSIX,” when discussing other operating systems that could be competitors… Windows had a POSIX layer back in the day, similar to the win32 or NT layers, but for federal sales.
Of course, the POSIX subsystem was replaced with Windows Subsystem for UNIX, which was too scary of an idea to ever actually use.
And, Microsoft has now come full-circle back to having a bash shell. This bash shell does far less, though, not interacting with the rest of the system...
- int_19h 9y ago> This bash shell does far less, though, not interacting with the rest of the system... If you mean WSL, then it actually does (the name "Bash for Windows" is really a misnomer). Not only you get full access to the filesystem, but you can e.g. pipe output of a Win32 binary into a Unix one. It's really much more powerful than WSU.
- IncRnd 9y agoHas WSL been “upgraded” since it was first introduced? When I first looked at it, you needed X forwarding to get a gui and couldn’t launch a windows executable, for example.
- strmpnk 9y agoIt's been steadily and continuously improved. Some of the latest improvements still require an insider build but win32 process interaction just works now (in my experience).
- IncRnd 9y agoThat's very good.
- int_19h 9y agoYou still need to jump through hoops with GUI. I don't think that's going to change anytime soon, since their focus is mainly on developer command line scenarios. Still, when you need UI, XRDP or Xming work adequately.