This looks like a real, big change from Micrsoft, and, as noted, it's giving developers the opportunity to bridge across from free, and open source technology directly into Windows 10 desktops.
graeme_p
8:57 am on Mar 31, 2016 (gmt 0)
I think it is a reaction to the high proportion of developers using Macs to develop software for *nix servers.
Windows is now better than Mac in some ways: GNU vs BSD versions of utilities, apt-get etc.
Jack_Hughes
11:45 am on Mar 31, 2016 (gmt 0)
This is huge. Only last week I spun up a VM at our host to do some development work on a linux box. With this, I won't need to do that any more. I can do it straight from my Windows 10 laptop. Just being able to use the ssh client is going to be great. This opens up all of those FAQs and How to articles written for people running Ubuntu.
henry0
12:13 pm on Mar 31, 2016 (gmt 0)
I run Wins 10, opened store looking for Ubuntu I found a few references but nothing looks like Ubuntu for d-load/install. Does it mean that we should wait for upgrades?
Jack_Hughes
12:25 pm on Mar 31, 2016 (gmt 0)
@henry0 the ubuntu integration isn't being released until the summer unless you're enrolled on the Windows Insider program.
Solution1
12:38 pm on Mar 31, 2016 (gmt 0)
Finally a reason to upgrade my Windows 7 desktop to Win 10!
graeme_p
12:42 pm on Mar 31, 2016 (gmt 0)
I want to know what works and what does not. Do GUI apps work, for example or only command line? Can you use shells other than Bash (I use fizsh)?
jmccormac
6:38 pm on Mar 31, 2016 (gmt 0)
Command line only. Linux GUI stuff does not seem to work but it is possible to use Windows software to edit Linux files.
Regards...jmcc
keyplyr
12:06 am on Apr 1, 2016 (gmt 0)
On the negative side... Bash attacks on my server will increase.
dstiles
8:50 pm on Apr 1, 2016 (gmt 0)
Damn. I want the other way around. My ancient windows server, used for building sites locally for online windows server IIS, seems to be dying. :(
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