That’s where Hyper Terminal enter in the Game. No split, no tabs and not some many other options. Better terminal - Hyper TerminalĪs you may noticed, the default cmd like terminal is very limited. To install ZSH run the following command in the terminal you launched previously ( bash.exe):īeware at the end of the installation process, you may be asked to add some code to your. My Windown OS is actually installed on a SSD and I don’t have so much space, so I try to be careful on what package I install. Unfortunately, for the moment it’s not possible to choose on which partition you want to install WSL during the installation. When done, you should have access to a terminal with a shell session (Bash by default).īy default WSL is intalled on your Windows partition and depending on the packages you install, this can take a lot of space on your hard disk. It can take some time to download and install the OS image based on your internet connection. Other OS are supported now, you can check available OS in the Windows Store.

You can click the URL in the message to download Ubuntu as a default WSL OS. Once WSL installed, reboot and launch bash.exe or wsl.exe to start a new shell.Ī welcome message appear and warn you that no Linux OS is actually installed. Install & Configure WSLĢ) On the left in the section Related settings, open Programs and Featuresģ) A new window shows up, click Turn Windows features on or offĤ) Find in the list Windows Subsystem for Linux and enable it Now if you are using W10, big chances you have already WSL installed. Of course I have some stand-alone or managed VM (with Vagrant) for development purpose, however I don’t always want to boot up a Linux VM to do some minor changes.īefore WSL exists, I have tried Cygwin and Babun but it felt clunky compared to a real Linux environment, especially for packages installations/updates. What is Windows Subsystem for Linux? It’s basically to run a Linux environment in Windows OSĮven if it wasn’t really stable at the beginning, a lot of improvements have been made.Īt work I have quite a lot of work and users support tasks which need to be done in a Windows environment, that’s why I’m mainly working in a Windows environment. I’ve been using Windows Subsystem for Linux for quite a long now.

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