How to Install Linux Bash Shell on Windows 10

[Daviboy]

Hi all,

Windows 10, hmmm what's the point?

I really don't get why anyone would have ubuntu running inside windows 10 shell, when you can download and install ubuntu on your PC/Laptop, or run along side windows. Could someone please tell me what is the advantage?

Here are the articles for installation.

How to Install Linux Bash Shell on Windows [Step-by-Step Guide]

Step-by-step screenshot guide to show you how to install bash on Windows 11 and 10.

itsfoss.com

Bash on Windows: What Does It Mean? - Linux.com

As the enterprise landscape is changing — in favor of Linux and open source — companies like Microsoft are embracing Linux. Most recently, Microsoft announced support for the Unix Bash shell on Windows, providing developers and administrators with an important tool for managing Unix and Linux...

www.linux.com

Davi

 

[captain-sensible]

well for newbies switching over to linux is probably best done in small steps. if you install very basic see here Windows Subset for Linux https://linux.org/threads/install-linux-on-windows-10-via-wsl.27128/ they they can start to play with bash from the comfort of windows. You have to remember that some find it quite a challenge to even install ubuntu or other linux to their laptop. From post i've seen here Windows users don't like the fact Linux uses the command from a shell. In Windows its all mostly hidden from them.

So you have to have empathy that the only people who really understand what it is noobs don't understand is to be someone at a similar level. I've seen on other forums that the really able guys never had a problem from the very beginning and others further down the time line have forgotten or won't admint what issues they had

 

[captain-sensible]

i think you mentioned you were going to release your own distro so obviously you are " high end" i could do with someone checking an article i wrote for slackware docs. if you get a minute let me know and will give you the url

 

[Daviboy]

Yep, No probs.

 

[JasKinasis]

I switched to Linux on all of my devices many years ago. But I always install cygwin on Windows at work - so I have a fully featured shell and a practical set of tools. All of the familiar UNIX-like goodness. Allows me to be a lot more productive.

Haven't been downgraded to Windows 10 yet, but I imagine I'm probably going to be better off with cygwin rather than the Linux subsystem for Windows.

In Windows - CMD is little more than a toy and powershell is an abortion. Cygwin is an absolute life saver!

 

[Daviboy]

I switched to Linux on all of my devices many years ago. But I always install cygwin on Windows at work - so I have a fully featured shell and a practical set of tools. All of the familiar UNIX-like goodness. Allows me to be a lot more productive.

Haven't been downgraded to Windows 10 yet, but I imagine I'm probably going to be better off with cygwin rather than the Linux subsystem for Windows.

In Windows - CMD is little more than a toy and powershell is an abortion. Cygwin is an absolute life saver!

@JasKinasis I hear you brother, It's nice that microsoft are joining the party. But wouldn't it be better if they wrote their own Distro for Linux user?????

 

[captain-sensible]

@Daviboy ok then

Yep, No probs.

ok then , first an introduction and clarification for the mods( and rockers) i'm not advertising anything here that I will gain from financially. The page is on the "official web" for slackware documentation

The page is about package creation and therefore package management. its not the only approach that slackware uses. If you think about installing software onto a linux system you really want that software to be tailor made for your system, with options. A slackbuild script checks your system for its architecture against the software source and if it judges it aint gonna work it tells you; if there are missing deps it tells you.If you need to set up a special user and add that user to a group it tells you. Also at run time it allows options to suit the user so that for instance with clamav if you want anti-virus sigs to come from holland mirror you use : COUNTRY=nl ./clamav.SlackBuild at run time for the script.

https://slackbuilds.org is a formidable repository for software; deps are mentioned or anything else of significant interest. Often uses either click something , hit the return button without much of a clue what happens. here on this page i have attempted to explain what bash does in a slackbuild script. There are some errors : here it is:
https://docs.slackware.com/howtos:misc:anatomy_of_a_slackbuild

 

[Daviboy]

Ok, Thanks I'm aware of Slackware, but I have been following the Slitaz.org small Distro for the RaspPi.

SliTaz Raspberry Pi

arm.slitaz.org

But think we could open another thread on this at a later date?