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Bloody
Mar 3, 2013

i switched my desktop from the windows 10 stable release thing to the fast ring beta whatever and installed ubuntu for windows and now i have a linux in my windows
i have no idea how it works, but it does

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cowboy beepboop
Feb 24, 2001

it came from the android -> windows phone app project which they canned because it worked too well ie no reason to bother writing native windows phone apps

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



it's on the stable release so idg why you decided to be super double beta tester for ms

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



hello alex

Captain Foo
May 11, 2004

we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'


bloody trebek

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮

Bloody
Mar 3, 2013

Endless Mike posted:

it's on the stable release so idg why you decided to be super double beta tester for ms

Oh idk somehow I missed the anniversary update or something

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

(and can't post for 10 years!)

i use windows on the linux , op, with powershell

Asymmetric POSTer
Aug 17, 2005

shaggers worst nightmare

Symbolic Butt
Mar 22, 2009

(_!_)
Buglord
op I want to see some vim action going on come on

Bloody
Mar 3, 2013


ok but why

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?
linux is a kernel. since you are actually not running the linux kernel at all, what you have there is in fact GNU/Windows :rms2:

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?
also what does uname -a show?

Symbolic Butt
Mar 22, 2009

(_!_)
Buglord
what about sl

does it animate correctly?

Bloody
Mar 3, 2013

Symbolic Butt posted:

what about sl

does it animate correctly?

yes

The Management posted:

also what does uname -a show?
alex@DESKTOP-HR3QUG4:~$ uname -a
Linux DESKTOP-HR3QUG4 3.4.0+ #1 PREEMPT Thu Aug 1 17:06:05 CST 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Baxate
Feb 1, 2011

The Management posted:

linux is a kernel. since you are actually not running the linux kernel at all, what you have there is in fact GNU/Windows :rms2:


Bloody posted:

yes

alex@DESKTOP-HR3QUG4:~$ uname -a
Linux DESKTOP-HR3QUG4 3.4.0+ #1 PREEMPT Thu Aug 1 17:06:05 CST 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

:eyepop:

Bloody
Mar 3, 2013

alex@DESKTOP-HR3QUG4:/proc$ ls -l
total 0
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Aug 23 22:39 1
dr-xr-xr-x 1 alex alex 0 Aug 23 22:39 2
dr-xr-xr-x 1 alex alex 0 Aug 23 22:50 558
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 23 22:37 cmdline
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 23 22:37 cpuinfo
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 23 22:37 filesystems
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 23 22:37 interrupts
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 23 22:37 loadavg
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 23 22:37 meminfo
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Aug 23 22:37 mounts -> self/mounts
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Aug 23 22:37 net -> self/net
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Aug 23 22:37 self -> 558
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 23 22:37 stat
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Aug 23 22:37 sys
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 23 22:37 uptime
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 23 22:37 version
alex@DESKTOP-HR3QUG4:/proc$

this doesnt seem like enough things

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene
no mandatory access control
lame

Robot Pride
Aug 2, 2010

by exmarx
dafuq is ubuntu for windows??? is this a loving container or some poo poo? it's like there's no sense in the world anymore like you can install a transmission on a toothbrush and then ride a rainbow to work on neptune

it's like they took every computing technology and just shoved it all into a vitamix and put it on turbo

skimothy milkerson
Nov 19, 2006

can you open powershell in your windows linux

skimothy milkerson
Nov 19, 2006

xzibit.jpg

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

(and can't post for 10 years!)

Skim Milk posted:

can you open powershell in your windows linux

yes

i just installed linux powershell on windows lol

but it doesn't quite work and the cursor jumps around a lot

carry on then fucked around with this message at 05:24 on Aug 24, 2016

There Will Be Penalty
May 18, 2002

Makes a great pet!

Robot Pride posted:

dafuq is ubuntu for windows??? is this a loving container or some poo poo? it's like there's no sense in the world anymore like you can install a transmission on a toothbrush and then ride a rainbow to work on neptune

it's like they took every computing technology and just shoved it all into a vitamix and put it on turbo

skimothy milkerson
Nov 19, 2006

carry on then posted:

yes

i just installed linux powershell on windows lol

ron apul dot. jaypg

Perplx
Jun 26, 2004


Best viewed on Orgasma Plasma
Lipstick Apathy
i'm waiting for someone to port centos to windows

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

Robot Pride posted:

dafuq is ubuntu for windows??? is this a loving container or some poo poo? it's like there's no sense in the world anymore like you can install a transmission on a toothbrush and then ride a rainbow to work on neptune

it's like they took every computing technology and just shoved it all into a vitamix and put it on turbo

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/wsl/2016/05/23/pico-process-overview/

burning swine
May 26, 2004



man i've been using vim natively in windows console for eons, that ain't nothin new

burning swine
May 26, 2004






I'm just ahead of the curve I guess

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

COACHS SPORT BAR posted:

man i've been using vim natively in windows console for eons, that ain't nothin new

vim was originally an amiga application

Symbolic Butt
Mar 22, 2009

(_!_)
Buglord

COACHS SPORT BAR posted:




I'm just ahead of the curve I guess

that looks ugly, just saying

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

(and can't post for 10 years!)

Symbolic Butt posted:

that looks ugly, just saying

*references yospos_jokes.xls* turn on you're monitor!!

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?

COACHS SPORT BAR posted:




I'm just ahead of the curve I guess

everything about this is disgusting. from the backwards slashes, the terrible font, hideous colors, whatever garbage window manager that is, it's just all bad.

Bloody
Mar 3, 2013

why would you not use gvim on windows

burning swine
May 26, 2004



yeah that was KDE, it was awful

don't hate on backslashes tho, the superior slash

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts

COACHS SPORT BAR posted:

yeah that was KDE

kde is loving dog poo poo garbage

Last Chance
Dec 31, 2004

run uptime

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

(and can't post for 10 years!)

graph posted:

kde is loving dog poo poo garbage

Captain Foo
May 11, 2004

we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

George
Nov 27, 2004

No love for your made-up things.

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Tankakern
Jul 25, 2007

COACHS SPORT BAR posted:

yeah that was KDE, it was awful

don't hate on backslashes tho, the superior slash

loving wrong wrong wrong

:wrong:

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