I enjoyed using git-bash (https://git-for-windows.github.io/) -- it allowed me to use bash, Perl and git on a Windows 7 laptop at my last contract. Far better than the provided configuration of Windows Power (sic) Shell and the mammoth IDE Eclipse.
On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 7:05 PM, William Park via talk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I just tried "Bash on Ubuntu on Windows" (yes, it's real title). With > this, there are now 4 ways of running Unix tools on Windows. > > 1. busybox -- single binary running on Windows. > > 2. Cygwin -- you download and install bunch of programs, like bash, > bc, awk, sed, etc, that will run natively on Windows. > > 3. VirtualBox -- full VM. > > 4. Bash on Ubuntu on Windows -- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS command line on > Windows 10 (64bit only). I kind of like it, because it's "official" > and will replace Cygwin, at least. Busybox is still useful for > other Windows, but as Windows10x64 becomes the standard, it will be > replaced too. > -- > William > --- > Talk Mailing List > [email protected] > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > -- Alex Beamish Baritone, Board Member, Toronto Northern Lights, 2013 Champions / www.northernlightschorus.com Certified Contest Administrator, Barbershop Harmony Society / www.barbershop.org
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