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Ubuntu Arrives in the Windows Store, Suse and Fedora Are Coming To the Windows Subsystem For Linux (venturebeat.com)

Posted by msmash on from the going-forward dept.

At its Build developer conference today, Microsoft announced that Ubuntu has arrived in the Windows Store. From a report: The company also revealed that it is working with Fedora and Suse to bring their distributions to the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) in Windows 10. At the conference last year, Microsoft announced plans to bring the Bash shell to Windows. The fruits of that labor was WSL, a compatibility layer for running Linux binary executables (in ELF format) natively on Windows, which arrived with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update released in August 2016. Microsoft also partnered with Canonical to allow Ubuntu tools and utilities to run natively on top of the WSL. By bringing Ubuntu to the Windows Store, the company is now making it even easier for developers to install the tools and run Windows and Linux apps side by side. Working with other Linux firms shows that Microsoft's deal with Canonical was not a one-time affair, but rather part of a long-term investment in the Linux world.

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  1. Re:Strangely enough... by bondsbw · · Score: 4, Informative

    Many Linux server developers run Windows. This way they don't need a separate machine or VM.

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  2. Assimilate them, don't let them assimilate us by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 4, Informative

    Run Windows in a VM on Linux, don't run Linux apps on Windows.

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  3. Here in corporate windows desktop land, I love WSL by furry_wookie · · Score: 5, Informative



    Everyone is saying "run a VM".

    Well I have that as well, but frankly being able to fire up an Ubuntu shell in a window has made me much more productive. It has replaced using putty, winscp, notepad++, TortoiseGIT, and god knows what else I used to have to do just to get stuff done when stuck with the corporate standard Windows desktop.

    It is my main interface now to ssh to systems to support them, transfer files back and forth to my desktop, edit files, use git, etc.

    I am quite addicted to WSL now myself. It would be even better if there were multiple distros to chose from such as RHEL, Centos, Fedora, Debian etc in addition to Ubuntu.

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