On Mon, Apr 01, 2019 at 01:11:39PM -0400, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: > WSL is cool and all, but it's really designed for server/console mode > only. The default WSL terminal is really clunky (it's essentially > cmd.exe) so all your favourite copy and paste shortcuts aren't there. I > haven't yet found a way to use a different terminal. > > While you can run an X server and interact with windowed programs, the > performance is a bit dismal. The WSL home folder isn't accessible from > Windows, but the Windows FS is available under /mnt/<Drive letter>
I believe the next Windows 10 release will allow explorer to access the WSL folder somehow. https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/02/access-linux-files-from-windows-explorer-wsl > For all my complaints, though, WSL does what I need. It is a surprisingly useful feature. -- Len Sorensen --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
