NEW! Ubuntu on Windows 10

[bphlpt]

13 hours ago, allen2 said:

Anyway as it is MS they may still render it useless just like they did with powershell.

I'm curious what you mean by this.  I don't use powershell, but what did MS do to screw it up?

Cheers and Regards

[os2fan2]

Runs on windows 7 too.  No need to wait for vista 4.0 (windows 10)

[allen2]

Powershell is object based (a good thing). Microsoft promoted it as the future language that would replace batch and vbs. But it is extremely slow (slower than vbs and batch), it can't really work without wmi call (for a lot system related action) and buggy (write-host "hello world" > file won't be written to file). It also has drawback of its nature (object based language): most value needs to be extracted from the object to be used (or exported to text) but they will be printed on the screen just fine.
 So for people knowing many other scriptings language (or even compiled language), why using powershell unless it is really easier/faster/cleaner to create the needed script/program ?

Edited April 29, 2016 by allen2
fixed typo

[bphlpt]

Thanks for the info.  I typically use either batch or vbs if I need to script, so I guess I'll stay with that approach.

Cheers and Regards

[vinifera]

i still don't see why is this ... whatever it is good for win
someone care to explain ?

[bookie32]

Sorry, I still can't see the attraction of Linux in Windows...Linux is Linux and Windows is Windows...leave them alone!

It would be better if the games manufacturers started taking Linux seriously and then put Microsoft and us out of our misery...!!

As I have said befor, Microsoft would not survive without the games community....

Dual booting is one thing but this is just plain daft...

My opinion for what it is worth...;)

bookie32

[NoelC]

Reading through this thread, with posts by a lot of in-the-know geeks, I sense that this is a feature announcement (or maybe a re-announcement) that no one particularly cares about.  Given the wide knowledge base of the crowd HERE, that's saying something.

I can sense Microsoft's Marketing requesting something - anything - that can be used to keep the online buzz machine running.

-Noel

Edited April 30, 2016 by NoelC

[helpdesk98]

I am still a bit (tiny tiny bit) interested in this. Anyone tried out or played with the feature yet?

[jaclaz]

And now ... drum roll ... after having been delighted by having BASH on Wndows, we have (or will have) Powershell on Linux :

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/AnnouncingPowerShellOnLinuxPowerShellIsOpenSource.aspx

jaclaz
 

[vinifera]

i still don't get why is CLI of linux stiffed in winblows
what is there to gain ?

I'd rather see 99% compatibility layer in Linux for win32 apps, then f***ed off winblows forever