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Ubuntu on Windows

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2049 points bpierre | 3 comments | 30 Mar 16 16:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.413s | source
1. thought_alarm ◴[30 Mar 16 17:50 UTC] No.11391383[source]▶
15+ years ago Microsoft shipped a UNIX subsystem for Windows NT/2k.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Services_for_UNIX

It blew my mind at the time, but it was kind of a pain and I didn't stick with it. I don't remember why.

I guess this is about same thing, only its Linux instead of some other sort of UNIX.

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2. rejschaap ◴[30 Mar 16 19:29 UTC] No.11392229[source]▶
The article also reminded me of this. I didn't use it much because Cygwin was a little less painful.
3. bahamat ◴[30 Mar 16 19:29 UTC] No.11392231[source]▶
The significant difference here is that it's running unmodified Linux binaries. Compile on Linux, run in windows.

You should be able to compile functioning Linux binaries on Windows and run them on Linux as well.