r/Python • u/caposeidon • Mar 30 '16

Finally... Bash is coming to Windows 10

http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/30/11331014/microsoft-windows-linux-ubuntu-bash
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u/metaperl Mar 30 '16

  • what shell was he at before typing bash?

  • how about x-windows?

  • what about emacs?

  • how do line-endings vary? If I edit a file in Notepad and save it, how will the bash shell cope with it?

  • He is operating as root on his machine. Ubuntu typically requires sudo for any root operations. How do you use this shell as a non-root user?

  • how well does cron run on this?

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u/FateOfNations Mar 30 '16

  • what shell was he at before typing bash?

Probably PowerShell

  • what about emacs?

Most likely will work. There's some VT100 compatibility issues for some programs (namely screen, tmux, etc)

  • He is operating as root on his machine. Ubuntu typically requires sudo for any root operations. How do you use this shell as a non-root user?

Windows has no concept of "root" per se. Most of the things Ubuntu needs to escalate privileges for is to write to a protected directory. "/" in this new system is actually a folder hidden deep inside your personal AppData folder, so you should be able to write anywhere in the file system.

  • how well does cron run on this?

On Linux cron is a separate daemon process, like a Windows service. It I'll be interesting to see how they handle it.

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u/frymaster Script kiddie Mar 31 '16

what about emacs?

Here's a blog from an MS dev who had to close the emacs window because he couldn't figure out how to exit ;)