The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source
blogs.windows.com
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:

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

  • baduhai@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    2·
    8 hours ago

    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.

    • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      3 hours ago

      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.

      • baduhai@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        1·
        3 hours ago

        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.