Ubuntu on Windows

Re:Ubuntu on Windows by avtar on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @02:03PM (#11391521)

> I'm constantly thinking of moving to OSX as my primary OS is the amount of command-line tooling that is available in the system. Everything new is always there first.

Having had OS X, Windows, and various Linux distributions as my primary operating systems I would consider having an Arch Linux VM kicking around if you want all the packages in the world, maintained fairly well.

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Re:Ubuntu on Windows by whatever_dude on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @05:39PM (#11393243)

I've done so in the past, but it becomes cumbersome to manage shared folders. The ability to have everything shared and your driver naturally working under /mnt/ - essentially replacing cmd with bash and its tools - is a big deal for me. Using editing/managing/design tools in Windows build with a build/deploy system in bash, and no middle man... that'd be the day.

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Re:Ubuntu on Windows by Scarbutt on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @11:01PM (#11394707)

You don't use shared folders with your linux VM, you ssh to it, and use tmux/(vim|emacs) ;)

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