Re: [Dorset] MS have a beta of bash on Windows 10

On Sunday 03 April 2016 11:17:11 Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > I think there is a difference between wine and this. With wine, the > > linux kernel is used and the Windows programs are executed natively, > > using specially written system DLLs to replace the real DLLs. > > Yes, though I think you

Re: [Dorset] MS have a beta of bash on Windows 10

Hi Terry, > > it seems more like WINE in reverse, except the translation layer is > > part of the Windows kernel, "Windows Subsystem for Linux", instead > > of being a separate userspace program like wine(1). > > I think there is a difference between wine and this. With wine, the > linux kernel

Re: [Dorset] MS have a beta of bash on Windows 10

On Sunday 03 April 2016 10:29:50 Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > it is bash running on bare metal in a Ubuntu user space with only the > > kernel being windows. > > > > They don't say so, but it looks a bit like chroot on steroids to me. > > I've only read a little bit about this so could well be

Re: [Dorset] MS have a beta of bash on Windows 10

Hi Terry, > it is bash running on bare metal in a Ubuntu user space with only the > kernel being windows. > > They don't say so, but it looks a bit like chroot on steroids to me. I've only read a little bit about this so could well be wrong, but it seems more like WINE in reverse, except the