[EdLUG] how to make a Windows 10 laptop more Linux like

[Philip Nelson]

WSL2 works very well on Windows 10.

I have clients who want me to connect with a VPN where they only provide
Windows connectivity software, and this allows me to work at a Linux
command line (even use X applications if I want).

You enable it in the system settings, and then install Ubuntu from the MS
Store.

I also use VS Code a lot, and once that is all running the Ubuntu terminal
was also be available inside this (it installs an extension specific to WSL
to enable this).

Phil

On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 at 09:38, Chay <chaypaterson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Tahir,
>
> I don't remember if Windows Subsystem for Linux
> <https://www.itechguides.com/windows-subsystem-for-linux/> is a Store
> thing or a separate thing, but I've used that on a Windows 10 machine to
> get essentially a full Debian userland running in parallel to the Windows
> system. It was very good -- filesystem very transparent, *bash*, apt, no
> VM overhead -- you can even run X applications from it, but need a client
> application installed on your windows system. You just grab a distribution
> installer (I think minus the actual kernel?) and off you go.
>
> I also tested Alpine and found it worked.
>
> IIRC the actual mechanics of it was there was some kind of chroot it puts
> the Linux stuff in, and there's a kind of reverse WINE to translate Linux
> program's system calls? Haven't had to use it since last summer so can't
> study it to check.
>
> Chay
> On 09/04/2021 09:23, Tahir Hafiz wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> For my new job I have to use a Windows 10 Enterprise (version 1809) laptop
> with a low level account  - it's quite restricted but they have given me
> another account too - a privileged level account to install software from
> the internet (the MS Store is disabled however).
>
> What are some of the best and easiest ways to make a Windows machine more
> Linux like these days? Back in the day when I used to use Windows for work
> I would install Cygwin as that would give me a bash like shell as well as
> sed, awk, grep, find, etc, etc.
> I still need access to the Windows file system on this laptop and the
> files on the file system so a Virtual Machine is probably not a good idea
> (and I think it's against policy anyways).
>
> Thank you for any help you can provide.
>
> Cheers,
> Tahir
>
>
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