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Re:Ask HN: Is Bash for Windows good enough to replace a Linu... by ars_nihili on Friday October 28, 2016 @06:36AM (#12814589)
> You can also intall cygwin in windows which gives you a terminal on windows. Although there may be be a better program now than cygwin

Yes, like WSL, which OP is asking.

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Re:Ask HN: Is Bash for Windows good enough to replace a Linu... by LifeQuestioner on Friday October 28, 2016 @06:56AM (#12814673)
Nothing wrong with broadening an answer, no need to be black and white. Cygwin has been around for ages.
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Re:Ask HN: Is Bash for Windows good enough to replace a Linu... by bitcrazed on Friday October 28, 2016 @09:56PM (#12822206)
There's a big difference between Cygwin and Bash on Windows though: Cygwin is a Win32 port of the GNU tools, whereas Bash on Windows is a Linux kernel emulation layer that allows you to run unmodified Linux binaries directly on Windows.
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