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Windows Subsystem for Linux

260 mentions on Hacker News by 222 people: 31 stories, 229 comments · first 2016-04-18 · latest 2026-10-10

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  1. Unfortunately, it appears to be a design problem on the Microsoft side: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/111#issuec...
    comment by GeorgeHahn · 2016-08-05 · in The Linux kernel hidden inside Windows 10
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    Issues found within and using Bash on Ubuntu on Windows
    story by hitr · 2016-07-12 · 0 comments
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    Ubuntu Unity running on Windows 10
    story by aj_jaswanth · 2016-07-10 · 84 comments
  4. The actual name is Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL): https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/490
    comment by kristianp · 2016-06-10 · in Tmux Support Arrives for Bash on Ubuntu on Windows
  5. lxrun is the command you need (from powershell/cmd) https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/4
    comment by voltagex_ · 2016-05-30 · in Ask HN: Have any of you switched to Bash on Windows?
  6. …but even that seems to have bugs. It doesn't manage to delete all the files in the home directory! https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/310 They will get this stuff working, and it will be great. Because Microsoft. But…
    comment by tacos · 2016-05-09 · in .NET Core RC2 – Improvements, Schedule, and Roadmap
  7. …like this. Step 1 fire all the testers. Step 2 "let the community vote." Step 3 is not profit. https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/313
    comment by tacos · 2016-05-08 · in .NET Core RC2 – Improvements, Schedule, and Roadmap
  8. …https://wpdev.uservoice.com/forums/266908-command-prompt-con... https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/169 https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/85 https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/8
    comment by JdeBP · 2016-04-27 · in The Sad History of the Microsoft Posix Subsystem (2010)
  9. Resolved already. https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/122 Edit: A comment how easy it would be to theoretically have this functionality accidentally enabled -- Note that the odds of Grandma 'accidentally' enabling Bash on…
    comment by iheartmemcache · 2016-04-18 · in Bash on Windows: a hidden Bitcoin goldmine?
  10. There's an issue logged about this: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/122
    comment by chris_wot · 2016-04-18 · in Bash on Windows: a hidden Bitcoin goldmine?