It's Now Even Easier Setting Up Windows Subsystem For Linux On Windows 10

[Xaero_Vincent]

Roblox!!!!

I just wish Wine supported VMProtect and all of that...
Booting up the Windows VM is a pain:

- It takes like 15 minutes to boot up
- Pressing Windows key sometimes does not work, and sometimes it takes up to 30 seconds for the Start menu to come up
- Disk usage is 100% all the freaking time

Sounds like something is very wrong with your VM or PC to run 15x slower than it should be.

BTW, the Android version of Roblox also works under Android x86 in QEMU w/ Virgil. Just discovered that recently. Even keyboard and mouse works with it.

[ntropy]

I tried writing wsl --install in terminal but no windows installed, am I safe?

[ElectricPrism]

I pray that by the time I die Microsoft and Windows are no more. Seeing these hideous Frankenstein screenshots of the glorious sanctuary desecrated by the filthy disgusting thing is the spookiest thing I've seen all spooktober by leagues.

[tildearrow]

Yep, once GUI support arrives, there won't be any need to develop new Windows apps anymore or at least port any new FLOSS projects to Windows. Just develop for Linux desktop and it will work on Windows. Your app's "Install Shield" setup wizard can include a script that automatically downloads and install WSL for you, if it's not already.

Also I agree that the name is confusing. "Linux VM subsystem for Windows" is a more appropriate name.

An actual Windows Subsystem for Linux looks more like this:

Roblox!!!!

I just wish Wine supported VMProtect and all of that...
Booting up the Windows VM is a pain:

- It takes like 15 minutes to boot up
- Pressing Windows key sometimes does not work, and sometimes it takes up to 30 seconds for the Start menu to come up
- Disk usage is 100% all the freaking time

[KeyboardG]

I still don't get that name. Shouldn't it be the Linux subsystem for Windows?

They said during some conferences that for legal reasons Microsoft couldn't release a feature/product with the first word being "Linux".

[torsionbar28]

Well, the name shows what it will be in a few years, when windows is only a legacy subsystem running on a linux kernel.

The purpose of WSL is the exact opposite; it is Microsoft's attempt to get folks running their Linux workloads on Microsoft Windows OS.

[skeevy420]

An actual Windows Subsystem for Linux looks more like this:

Eww. MS Store and Command Prompt

[Xaero_Vincent]

Yep, once GUI support arrives, there won't be any need to develop new Windows apps anymore or at least port any new FLOSS projects to Windows. Just develop for Linux desktop and it will work on Windows. Your app's "Install Shield" setup wizard can include a script that automatically downloads and install WSL for you, if it's not already.

Also I agree that the name is confusing. "Linux VM subsystem for Windows" is a more appropriate name.

An actual Windows Subsystem for Linux looks more like this:

[Gunnar67]

I still don't get that name. Shouldn't it be the Linux subsystem for Windows?

Well, the name shows what it will be in a few years, when windows is only a legacy subsystem running on a linux kernel.

[skeevy420]

I still don't get that name. Shouldn't it be the Linux subsystem for Windows?

You have to read the name very, very literally. An apostrophe would help too.

Windows' Subsystem for Linux -- The Subsystem belongs to Windows and it is for Linux.