[Cialug] Linux on Windows

[David Champion]

I found WSL on Windows 10 to be not a great experience. I also prefer to do
VirtualBox if I'm running Linux on Windows.

-dc

On Thu, Jun 2, 2022 at 9:13 AM Dave Hala <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:

> I'll second the choice of VirtualBox on windows.
>
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2022 at 8:53 AM Jeffrey Ollie <jeff at ocjtech.us> wrote:
>
> > You should be able to install WSL2 on Windows 10 too. I've never done it
> > myself so I can't say how easy/hard it will be. Also, if this is a
> > corporate laptop it might be locked down to the point that you can't
> > install software or make any changes that haven't been blessed by
> corporate
> > IT.
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 2, 2022 at 8:20 AM Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I have recently come into contact with a Windows operating system.
> Don't
> > > worry, I'm quarantining. The problem is, it's going to be ongoing. My
> new
> > > employer requires that I use Windows, for the sole purpose (that I can
> > > figure) that I have special equipment on it that allows me to connect
> to
> > > their network. Some sort of MAC filtering, I'm guessing, and a badge
> > > swiper/reader for SSO.
> > >
> > > Anyway, I don't have the actual laptop yet so I'm not sure if it's
> > Windows
> > > 10 or 11. If it's Windows 11, I am 100% installing WSL2 and using it.
> If
> > > it's Windows 10........ how does one use Linux on a Windows 10
> > workstation?
> > > I don't think WSL1 is going to cut it for me. I've been trying to use
> it
> > in
> > > the VDI session they've given me and it's not quite up to par. A bit of
> > > preliminary net surfing reveals to me that there are alternatives to
> > Cygwin
> > > these days. There's also MinGW, MSYS2, and Git for Windows. Obviously,
> > one
> > > would prefer that one's filesystem be able to create proper symlinks.
> But
> > > one would prefer not to be in this situation to begin with, so one
> > > understands that one doesn't always get what one wants.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions? Any real-world experiences to share?
> > >
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