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Re: Ubuntu on Win 10 [ yay | nay ]

From "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject Re: Ubuntu on Win 10 [ yay | nay ]
Date 2019-03-23 12:59 +0100
Message-ID <kmjhmf-0ud.ln1@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink)
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On 22/03/2019 16.30, dreamer wrote:
> Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>> On 22/03/2019 04.31, dreamer wrote:
>>> I recently returned to unix shell and have found installing ubuntu through the microsoft store quick and painless.  Anyone else have this experience?  
>>>
>>> And if not, what's wrong with it?  Seems too good to be true.
>>
>> It is not a real Linux, it is not accessing the hardware directly. But
>> you can run some Linux applications and tools. Just enjoy it :-)
>>
>> I have not tried it myself (because my main system is Linux, not
>> Windows). If it works for you, it is probably easier/faster than a
>> virtual machine.
>>
>> Some people use it simply to be able to run bash scripts in Windows :-D
>>
> 
> I just started using it to telnet into a shell account.  Its simple to
> use and works okay, although there's some screen refresh issues in vi.
> 
> I also noticed one telnet site I couldnt reach via windows/linux under
> windows was readibly accessible via the shell account.  Ping also was
> not able to trace the route properly under windows.

Telnet? Not ssh?  :-o  :-?

> Odd.
> 
> Thanks for your reply.  :)





-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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Ubuntu on Win 10 [ yay | nay ] dreamer <dreamer@panix.com> - 2019-03-22 03:31 +0000
  Re: Ubuntu on Win 10 [ yay | nay ] Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2019-03-21 22:08 -0700
  Re: Ubuntu on Win 10 [ yay | nay ] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-03-22 12:44 +0100
    Re: Ubuntu on Win 10 [ yay | nay ] dreamer <dreamer@panix.com> - 2019-03-22 15:30 +0000
      Re: Ubuntu on Win 10 [ yay | nay ] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-03-23 12:59 +0100
  Re: Ubuntu on Win 10 [ yay | nay ] Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2019-03-25 19:55 +0000
  Re: Ubuntu on Win 10 [ yay | nay ] Ottanio <ottanio@ottanio.it> - 2019-04-01 08:49 +0000

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