Re: Acronyms: was Should beginners work with WSL?

2022-02-06 Thread Steve Litt
Michael Tewner said on Sun, 6 Feb 2022 17:31:26 +0200 >After all of these emails, I still don't know what WSL is *shrug* Windows Subsystem for Linux. I'm at an even bigger disadvantage because when I hear "WSL", I think of my dad, Walter Scott Litt. :-) SteveT Steve Litt Spring 2021 featured

Re: Acronyms: was Should beginners work with WSL?

2022-02-06 Thread Meir Guttman
See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/ Meir Guttman Cell. +972-54-526 2264 On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 5:32 PM Michael Tewner wrote: > After all of these emails, I still don't know what WSL is *shrug* > > On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 2:46 PM Shachar Shemesh > wrote: > >> >> On 06/02/2022 14:0

Re: Acronyms: was Should beginners work with WSL?

2022-02-06 Thread Michael Shiloh
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about "The Windows Subsystem for Linux lets developers run a GNU/Linux environment -- including most command-line tools, utilities, and applications -- directly on Windows, unmodified, without the overhead of a traditional virtual machine or dualboot set

Re: Acronyms: was Should beginners work with WSL?

2022-02-06 Thread אורי
On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 5:32 PM Michael Tewner wrote: > After all of these emails, I still don't know what WSL is *shrug* > Just something like the KGB or DDT. ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinf

Re: Acronyms: was Should beginners work with WSL?

2022-02-06 Thread Michael Tewner
After all of these emails, I still don't know what WSL is *shrug* On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 2:46 PM Shachar Shemesh wrote: > > On 06/02/2022 14:03, Mark E. Fuller wrote: > > I'm new here, but I find LMGTFY and similar responses (like RTFM) to be > generally unwelcome and inappropriate. Whether or n

Re: Acronyms: was Should beginners work with WSL?

2022-02-06 Thread Shachar Shemesh
On 06/02/2022 14:03, Mark E. Fuller wrote: I'm new here, but I find LMGTFY and similar responses (like RTFM) to be generally unwelcome and inappropriate. Whether or not they are part of the culture of a listserv or forum, I do not respond in

Re: Acronyms: was Should beginners work with WSL?

2022-02-06 Thread Mark E. Fuller
I'm new here, but I find LMGTFY and similar responses (like RTFM) to be generally unwelcome and inappropriate. Whether or not they are part of the culture of a listserv or forum, I do not respond in that manner for the simple reason that if I have time to respond, then I have time to respond co

Re: Acronyms: was Should beginners work with WSL?

2022-02-06 Thread Shachar Shemesh
On 06/02/2022 11:41, Steve Litt wrote: Aviram Jenik said on Sat, 5 Feb 2022 20:15:58 -0800 LMGTFY: https://lmgtfy.app/?q=wsl+linux - Aviram I'm sorry, but questioning "what is WSL" doesn't justify an LMGTFY. I know the

Acronyms: was Should beginners work with WSL?

2022-02-06 Thread Steve Litt
Aviram Jenik said on Sat, 5 Feb 2022 20:15:58 -0800 >LMGTFY: >https://lmgtfy.app/?q=wsl+linux > >- Aviram I'm sorry, but questioning "what is WSL" doesn't justify an LMGTFY. The original post said nothing about Windows. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_information_technology_initialisms did