<div dir="ltr">WSL2 works very well on Windows 10. <div><br></div><div>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).</div><div><br></div><div>You enable it in the system settings, and then install Ubuntu from the MS Store. </div><div><br></div><div>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).</div><div><br></div><div>Phil</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 at 09:38, Chay <<a href="mailto:chaypaterson@gmail.com">chaypaterson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Hi Tahir,</p>
<p>I don't remember if <a href="https://www.itechguides.com/windows-subsystem-for-linux/" target="_blank">Windows
Subsystem for Linux</a> 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, <i><b>bash</b></i>,
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.<br>
</p>
<p>I also tested Alpine and found it worked.</p>
<p>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.<br>
</p>
<p>Chay<br>
</p>
<div>On 09/04/2021 09:23, Tahir Hafiz
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<div>Hi All,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>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).</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>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.</div>
<div>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). <br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Thank you for any help you can provide.<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Cheers,</div>
<div>Tahir<br>
</div>
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