If I was issued a Windows laptop at this point, instead of the Mac that I
have now, I'd be able to install bash/etc and have Sublime write files into
my Linux filesystem where I can use git and chefdk (I'm guessing, haven't
actually tried that yet, though it's on the list when I have spare time),
instead of needing to work with cygwin/windows apps or a Linux VM.

On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 11:01 AM, David Lang <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, 13 May 2016, Yves Dorfsman wrote:
>
> On 2016-05-12 17:08, Morgan Blackthorne wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe. Right now bash under Windows can only do stuff inside Linux
>>> (outside of
>>> the filesystems which are mounted). You still can't launch Windows
>>> commands/applications from bash, which is pretty limiting. Most anything
>>> folks
>>> do currently in PowerShell wouldn't be achievable in bash until that
>>> barrier
>>> is crossed.
>>>
>>
>> So is there any advantage to this over Cygwin/X ?
>>
>
> I haven't used it yet, but my understanding is that right now it's fairly
> limited (like the early wine, they haven't implemented that many system
> calls yet), but the advantage is that it isn't a separate environment and
> lets you run unmodified Linux programs.
>
> David Lang
>
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