News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on exFAT in the Linux kernel. Parent comment

Re:exFAT in the Linux kernel by dhyft on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @06:26PM (#20824692)
>instead of requiring people to jump through many many hoops to actually install it

Yeah the hoops of going to the Store, searching for "ubuntu" and clicking Install

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:exFAT in the Linux kernel by traverseda on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @06:32PM (#20824746)
Are they not still requiring this?

    Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux
I admit I haven't used WSL in a while.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:exFAT in the Linux kernel by jdsfighter on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @06:59PM (#20824939)
You still need to enable the subsystem, but I don't see why most users need it on by default. It seems like an easy enough feature to prompt the user to enable (or enable for them automatically) if your application calls for it.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:exFAT in the Linux kernel by nolok on Thursday August 29, 2019 @12:42AM (#20826749)
Programs and features control panel, then add/remove windows features, or through command line.

The exact same thing they require to enable or disable any optional windows feature like ie 11, windows media player, I is, ...

[ Parent | on HN ]