Ask HN: Is Bash for Windows good enough to replace a Linux/Mac terminal?

Re:Ask HN: Is Bash for Windows good enough to replace a Linu... by mephistopheles on Friday October 28, 2016 @06:42AM (#12814613)

I have tried using it for the past couple of weeks, and had to fiddle a lot for the first week or so to get it working nicely. The package state is stuck at 14.04 but you can upgrade[0] to 16.04 with dirty[1] trick. After the initial setup, Windows Bash worked just fine for my Rust / Go / Python needs.

What would you mainly use the 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...)

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Re:Ask HN: Is Bash for Windows good enough to replace a Linu... by Eridrus on Friday October 28, 2016 @08:53AM (#12815223)

You can install 16.04 now, but you have to blow away your Linux install to do so https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/2016/10/19/wsl-...

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Re:Ask HN: Is Bash for Windows good enough to replace a Linu... by elcct on Friday October 28, 2016 @02:07PM (#12818937)

I didn't have to. Upgraded nicely using do release upgrade

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