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The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source. (blogs.windows.com)
submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Today we’re very excited to announce the open-source release of the Windows Subsystem for Linux. This is the result of a multiyear effort to prepare for this, and a great closure to the first ever issue raised on the Microsoft/WSL repo:

https://github.com/microsoft/WSL

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I've recently started using windows again for work, after not touching it for like 15 years, msys2 makes it tolerable.

I'm a devops engineer, and my company won't allow me to use WSL. Go figure.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Uh.. But that's what it's for? Like it's it's primary purpose..? They created it for devops..? What are they smoking?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Msys2 was not created for devops, I just happen to be a devops engineer who uses it. Their websites describes it as:

MSYS2 is a collection of tools and libraries providing you with an easy-to-use environment for building, installing and running native Windows software.

Because it makes software building, packaging and distributing as simple aand standardised as it is on Linux, it means they effectively have a very good CLI on their hands. On my work laptop, I now use WezTerm with fish shell and helix editor for my workflow, and live in the terminal. Would this be possible to do without msys2 or wsl? Yes, but it would be a huge pain.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's like telling a car mechanic to not use duct tape imo

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I don't follow

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

MSYS2 is odd, I could never figure out how to set it up a sort from the one with Git. When I was more of a power user I used Cygwin. Babun is cool but unmaintained last I remember, and is just Cygwin with some enhancements.

As much shit as MS gets (and rightfully so) around 2019 they began turning their reputation around for dev stuff. They've lost all that good will though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I could never figure out how to set it up a sort from the one with Git.

That's because the one provided with git is a nerfed version of msys2. If you install msys2 as a standalone thing from their website, you get everything you need for a functional CLI on windows. Most importantly, you get a real package manager and decently populated repositories.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I had a typo. I meant "apart from the one with Git"