microsoft/WSL on Hacker News

…with all the latest updates on a new Surface Book 2, I ran into a variation of this open issue: https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/1982 . That was only the last and final blocking issue I ran into, after a series of minor (or at…

comment by abrookins · 2018-06-14 · in Dell XPS 13 Review from a lifelong Mac user

…http://www.typescriptlang.org/ https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore and so on... not to mention their own contributions elsewhere including Ele

comment by giancarlostoro · 2018-06-08 · in AMPstinction

…) There's also some suggestions that some versions of the docker daemon can run on WSL with ubuntu https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/2291#issuecomment-38...

comment by raesene9 · 2018-05-26 · in Command Line and Windows Subsystem for Linux – The Windows 10 April Update

Certainly it does when the Windows NT Subsystem for Linux does not actually implement it. * https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/129

comment by JdeBP · 2018-01-05 · in Eleven syscalls that rock the world

…wsl.exe in addition to bash.exe. It launches into your default shell rather than /bin/bash. [1] https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/2715 * I work at Microsoft on WSL

comment by scooley · 2017-12-12 · in Microsoft Adds an OpenSSH Client to Windows 10

…you can't use Mobaxterm as it forces 777 regardless) but it's not exactly 'it just works' yet. [0] https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/352

comment by PuffinBlue · 2017-12-12 · in Microsoft Adds an OpenSSH Client to Windows 10

…couldn't be more different today than it was then Please mention some examples of this? [0] - https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/178

comment by bjpbakker · 2017-10-13 · in Dutch Data Protection Authority: Microsoft breaches law with Windows 10

…most of the packages from nixpkgs. For instance, I'm still waiting for this issue to be solved: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/1878 Other distros are also affected by these issues, so I think they'll be solved eventually.

comment by FrozenCow · 2017-09-17 · in NixOps – Declarative cloud provisioning and deployment with NixOS

clone() is still broken after three months: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/1878

comment by htfy96 · 2017-07-30 · in Windows Subsystem for Linux Exits Beta

…[1] and then I did panic enough to actually format all the things but that's another story. [1]: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/841

comment by positivecomment · 2017-07-25 · in MS Paint is here to stay

…an example on how it should work look at Bash On Windows. They are really doing a great job there. https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues

comment by laktak · 2017-05-26 · in How to Report a Bug to Microsoft

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WSL will make your win10 BSOD

story by ayanamist · 2017-04-23 · 0 comments

…It's short, very googlable, and it's the internal name. The git repo name is even more ridiculous: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows (after all, I had bash on windows for years already)

comment by skrebbel · 2017-04-19 · in File System Improvements to the Windows Subsystem for Linux

…gets you your shell back, but the executable is still running in the background, headless. See: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/1614 And since USB ports aren't mapped into WSL, I have to use a Windows program to talk to…

comment by sratner · 2017-04-12 · in What’s New in Bash/WSL and Windows Console

Not being able to change the shell is an open issue. https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/846 Then, we both edited our replies. He corrected his typo, I removed my remark about the typo. At no moment there was any insult…

comment by partycoder · 2017-04-12 · in What’s New in Bash/WSL and Windows Console

This looks like it has been fixed [1] [1] https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/583

comment by sohkamyung · 2017-04-12 · in What’s New in Bash/WSL and Windows Console

Here's the issue on GitHub if you'd like to track it: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/1671 benhills describes the cause: For some context, I've looked at what causes this slowdown. For some reason stack has mapped an…

comment by ulber · 2017-04-12 · in Testing the Windows Subsystem for Linux

If these issues are anything to go by, there most certainly is a demand: * https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/1494 * https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/1243 * https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/1…

comment by JdeBP · 2017-03-31 · in Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?

edit: it's not gcc, it's wsl that needs fixing. this is the issue thread: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/307

comment by djloche · 2017-03-02 · in Show HN: Boot Windows 10 Directly into Linux Desktop of Choice

bash subsystem in Windows 10 is pretty amazing in where it presently is and where it is going. https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows You can compile C++ in Visual Studio and build a binary for Linux with gcc.

comment by baldfat · 2017-02-23 · in Python past, present, and future with Guido van Rossum [audio]

I'll just leave this here: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/406

comment by jzelinskie · 2017-02-21 · in Bash and Windows Subsystem for Linux Demo [video]

…be fairly responsive; a UPX Compression bug I ran into was tagged fixinbound within a couple weeks. https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows The speed at which they can push new builds to people who aren't on Windows Insider is a bit…

comment by jamesgeck0 · 2017-02-21 · in Bash and Windows Subsystem for Linux Demo [video]

…seccomp() yet. If this is important to you, please file a bug and the team will triage & respond. https://github.com/microsoft/bashonwindows

comment by bitcrazed · 2017-02-21 · in Bash and Windows Subsystem for Linux Demo [video]

…if you notice any other shortcomings, make sure to take a look at or GH page for issue reporting: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues

comment by zadjii · 2017-02-21 · in Bash and Windows Subsystem for Linux Demo [video]

…more about the causes, the fixes, whether the fixes will make it into Creators Update, etc. [1] https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/111#issuec... [2] https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/111#issuec...

comment by nailer · 2017-02-21 · in Bash and Windows Subsystem for Linux Demo [video]

…chance? I tried emacs with WSL when the Anniversary Update was released and ran into this issue: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/639 I'll try it again when Creators Update is available and hope for the best. Edit: NM,…

comment by avtar · 2017-02-21 · in Bash and Windows Subsystem for Linux Demo [video]

It currently dies when you close the bash instance: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/1150 There are ways to hack around that but they're not pretty: https://wsl-forum.qztc.io/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10

comment by rrdharan · 2017-02-21 · in Bash and Windows Subsystem for Linux Demo [video]

…are still broken because of some missing system calls. They seem to have an incoming fix though: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/613 It's great that they keep open conversations like this for issue tracking and hopefully…

comment by strmpnk · 2017-02-21 · in Bash and Windows Subsystem for Linux Demo [video]

…https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/2017/01/09/bash... From reading that blog, and also: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/111#issuec... it sounds as if the Windows console (separate from bash, openssh, powershell…

comment by nailer · 2017-02-21 · in Bash and Windows Subsystem for Linux Demo [video]

I don't know if there's a single document somewhere with an explicit roadmap. Their GitHub page ( https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows ) includes links to multiple sources that could collectively be considered a sort of roadmap,…

comment by Analemma_ · 2017-02-09 · in Microsoft open-sources Graph Engine

…to properly install PostgreSQL. Also, no 256 colors support. Currently, there are 733 open issues https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues It's still a beta feature. Nowhere near the smooth macOS experience.

comment by yeasayer · 2017-01-31 · in XPS9350-macOS – macOS patches for Dell XPS 13 9350

…per second. Yup.) However, this is being tracked and will (at last!) be fixed (apparently soonish): https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/111#issuec... (that's the relevant comment, the whole thread is interesting - there's…

comment by i336_ · 2017-01-28 · in Things Every Hacker Once Knew

…http://stackoverflow.com/questions/38798593/windows-10-linux... - There are a lot of issues: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues If you're really using your machine for work, you want a stable system, not a non-reproducible…

comment by janesconference · 2017-01-27 · in Ask HN: Is anyone actually using Windows Subsystem for Linux?

…involvement. Fittingly, issue #1 in the WSL bug tracker is requesting it to be open-sourced: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/1

comment by kirillkh · 2017-01-15 · in Windows Code Samples

…the lack of terminal features cmd.exe has always been infamous for, and quickly lost interest. [1] https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/468

comment by ferdbold · 2017-01-10 · in Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition (Linux) Review

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“ConEmu does a good job at handling our API and console infrastructure BS.”

story by nailer · 2017-01-05 · 1 comment

…I have in the spec. It is backed by a big test suite, but there are so many cases to consider. [1] https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/111#issuec...

comment by ryanprichard · 2017-01-05 · in Rumors of Cmd’s death have been greatly exaggerated

I did see this go by a while back: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/258#issuec... So someone over there is paying some degree of attention, at least :)

comment by steveklabnik · 2016-12-21 · in Four years with Rust

…the cmd.exe process uses a bunch of undocumented kernel interface APIs to "make it work™". Related: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/111#issuec...

comment by i336_ · 2016-12-06 · in Write a Shell in C (2015)

…directly or to have a checkbox option to allow WSL programs access. The github issue for this is https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/475

comment by fencepost · 2016-12-04 · in Ask HN: How Is Developing on a Linux VM in Windows?

It's not published yet, but they have implemented the required syscalls in the WSL repo now ( https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/307 )

comment by Volundr · 2016-12-02 · in Ask HN: How Is Developing on a Linux VM in Windows?

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Microsoft removes Windows 10 LTSB 2016 Features

story by KyleSanderson · 2016-11-06 · 0 comments

It's actually not being ignored, the fix is in active development: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/468#issuec...

comment by outdooricon · 2016-10-28 · in Ask HN: Is Bash for Windows good enough to replace a Linux/Mac terminal?

…(annoyance) but then there are issues like this that stop me from being able to totally use go: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/638 Most of these are fixed in the insider builds of Windows but that means you have to run…

comment by johnnycarcin · 2016-10-28 · in Ask HN: Is Bash for Windows good enough to replace a Linux/Mac terminal?

…bash environment for ? [0]( http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/08/upgrade-bash-windows-10-u... ) [1]( https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/482#issuec... )

comment by mephistopheles · 2016-10-28 · in Ask HN: Is Bash for Windows good enough to replace a Linux/Mac terminal?

…indicating that it probably shouldn't be used(?) yet(?). Also, this seems to be the backstory: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/8#issuecom...

comment by alphaneuron · 2016-09-14 · in Arch Linux adapted for Windows Subsystem for Linux

Interestingly, there recently has been https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/976

comment by yuhong · 2016-09-12 · in Ask HN: Strange bug workarounds?

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Add support for efivars to WSL

story by yuhong · 2016-08-29 · 0 comments

…mark (c-space) and it doesn't work. Maybe there's a workaround but it's just not worth the effort. https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/639 I haven't found a workaround yet and still use Linux VMs for a lot of tasks.

comment by avtar · 2016-08-09 · in Moving 12 years of email from GMail to FastMail

…ready for general use yet. It can't even run something as simple as an irc client without failing. https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/262 I uninstalled it and went back to cygwin, which is the only real option for now…

comment by NzNz · 2016-08-07 · in How to enable the Linux / Bash subsystem in Windows 10