On 2019-03-30 1:38 p.m., Clifford Ilkay via talk wrote:
The first alternative is Windows Subsystem for Linux <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/faq>. This is more gentle on system resources than running any VM.
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> For all my complaints, though, WSL does what I need. cheers, Stewart