Linux on Windows subsystem

I tried to run this thing and installed the 2 distros, I set it active
and now get an error saying it can't find the file or the path or I
don't have the proper permissions when I try to run either one..
Is this thing worth trying to use? Does it give you A graphical Linux or
is it it just a command line thingy which may not be of much use to me?

All comments welcome.

Rene

Rene Lamontagne wrote:

Does it give you A graphical Linux or
is it it just a command line thingy which may not be of much use to me?

just command line, unless you run an X server on windows (or on a
different box) in which case you could direct a graphical desktop to the
X server.

On 2017-10-18, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
I tried to run this thing and installed the 2 distros, I set it active
and now get an error saying it can't find the file or the path or I
don't have the proper permissions when I try to run either one..
Is this thing worth trying to use? Does it give you A graphical Linux or
is it it just a command line thingy which may not be of much use to me?

All comments welcome.

Rene

I no longer have hyper-v installed but linux gui does work; except the for the audio which may or may not work depending on versions/updates (had same audio problem even when I had linux as an option on bootup)
See "http://www.hyper-v-mart.com/Howto/Create_HyperV_Virtual_Machine.aspx" for help; also check with ms website as I used to have a "howto" webpage ref step-by-step on installing ubunto(?) on a hyper-v partition. I think that the current distros auto-installed linux as a gui/window user interface; one had to either change the setup for command line ui on boot or just hit the function key for a command line "window".
Also: "https://blog.couchbase.com/hyper-v-run-ubuntu-linux-windows/"; even redhat has a webpage for howto install redhat enterprise in hyper-v.
Doing a google with "linux on hyper-V gets lots of hits; need to check them out to see which one is a keeper for reference.

I've used opensuse & ubunto successfully in hyper-v as well as the early win10 "pioneer" versions.

On 2017-10-18, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
Is this thing worth trying to use? Does it give you A graphical Linux or
is it it just a command line thingy which may not be of much use to me?

I've played around with it a bit on a native Win10 PC, even run some
graphical software via an X server. It's hard though to see what the
benefit is over just running Linux in a VM. (I do the opposite, Linux
is my primary OS and I run various versions of Windows in VMs.)

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On 10/18/2017 11:05 AM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
I tried to run this thing and installed the 2 distros, I set it active
and now get an error saying it can't find the file or the path or I
don't have the proper permissions when I try to run either one..
Is this thing worth trying to use? Does it give you A graphical Linux or
is it it just a command line thingy which may not be of much use to me?

All comments welcome.

Rene

Hi Rene,

I would run any number of the Live USB's and see what I liked
the most. They mostly all come with GUI's.

https://spins.fedoraproject.org/

Use "dd" to write the ISO's out to your flash drive.
There is no weird stuff required, like with Windows
ISO's

If there is one you particularly like, I would consider
making it your base system and running Windows from a
virtual machine. It is always a good idea to make your
base machine the fastest most reliable machine and Linux
is far faster and more reliable than Windows.

But before doing that, consider where most of your apps
will be running. All but one of mine (go to assist) run
in Linux. Virtual Machines always run slower than
native machines.

It you will hardly be running Linux at all, just keep your
live USB sticks around.

-T

On 10/19/2017 1:58 PM, T wrote:
On 10/18/2017 11:05 AM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
I tried to run this thing and installed the 2 distros, I set it active
and now get an error saying it can't find the file or the path or I
don't have the proper permissions when I try to run either one..
Is this thing worth trying to use? Does it give you A graphical Linux
or is it it just a command line thingy which may not be of much use to
me?

All comments welcome.

Rene

Hi Rene,

I would run any number of the Live USB's and see what I liked
the most.Â* They mostly all come with GUI's.

https://spins.fedoraproject.org/

Use "dd" to write the ISO's out to your flash drive.
There is no weird stuff required, like with Windows
ISO's

If there is one you particularly like, I would consider
making it your base system and running Windows from a
virtual machine.Â* It is always a good idea to make your
base machine the fastest most reliable machine and Linux
is far faster and more reliable than Windows.

But before doing that, consider where most of your apps
will be running.Â* All but one of mine (go to assist) run
in Linux.Â* Virtual Machines always run slower than
native machines.

It you will hardly be running Linux at all, just keep your
live USB sticks around.

-T


I just run Linux occasionally so will stick to 2 or 3 distros on USB
drives, I was just trying this Windows 10 1709 Linux subsystem thing out
but it seems to be a bust in my case anyway.
Windows 10 will remain as my primary system.

Rene

On 10/19/2017 12:12 PM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 10/19/2017 1:58 PM, T wrote:
On 10/18/2017 11:05 AM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
I tried to run this thing and installed the 2 distros, I set it
active and now get an error saying it can't find the file or the path
or I don't have the proper permissions when I try to run either one..
Is this thing worth trying to use? Does it give you A graphical Linux
or is it it just a command line thingy which may not be of much use
to me?

All comments welcome.

Rene

Hi Rene,

I would run any number of the Live USB's and see what I liked
the most.Â* They mostly all come with GUI's.

https://spins.fedoraproject.org/

Use "dd" to write the ISO's out to your flash drive.
There is no weird stuff required, like with Windows
ISO's

If there is one you particularly like, I would consider
making it your base system and running Windows from a
virtual machine.Â* It is always a good idea to make your
base machine the fastest most reliable machine and Linux
is far faster and more reliable than Windows.

But before doing that, consider where most of your apps
will be running.Â* All but one of mine (go to assist) run
in Linux.Â* Virtual Machines always run slower than
native machines.

It you will hardly be running Linux at all, just keep your
live USB sticks around.

-T


I just run Linux occasionally so will stick to 2 or 3 distros on USB
drives, I was just trying this Windows 10 1709 Linux subsystem thing out
but it seems to be a bust in my case anyway.
Windows 10 will remain as my primary system.

Rene


It is a good idea to have these sticks around anyway to occasionally
rescue Windows.

I carry one with me that has all kinds of specific things to
work on windows: password reset, hard drive health checks,
file managers, etc.. It is a good way to tell if your have a
hardware of software issue. And you can delete anything.
or copy off data from a (software) corrupted drive.

"What is your password?"

"I don't have a password"

Anyone ping me in the subject line if you want directions on that.

T wrote:
On 10/19/2017 12:12 PM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 10/19/2017 1:58 PM, T wrote:
On 10/18/2017 11:05 AM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
I tried to run this thing and installed the 2 distros, I set it
active and now get an error saying it can't find the file or the
path or I don't have the proper permissions when I try to run either
one..
Is this thing worth trying to use? Does it give you A graphical
Linux or is it it just a command line thingy which may not be of
much use to me?

All comments welcome.

Rene

Hi Rene,

I would run any number of the Live USB's and see what I liked
the most. They mostly all come with GUI's.

https://spins.fedoraproject.org/

Use "dd" to write the ISO's out to your flash drive.
There is no weird stuff required, like with Windows
ISO's

If there is one you particularly like, I would consider
making it your base system and running Windows from a
virtual machine. It is always a good idea to make your
base machine the fastest most reliable machine and Linux
is far faster and more reliable than Windows.

But before doing that, consider where most of your apps
will be running. All but one of mine (go to assist) run
in Linux. Virtual Machines always run slower than
native machines.

It you will hardly be running Linux at all, just keep your
live USB sticks around.

-T


I just run Linux occasionally so will stick to 2 or 3 distros on USB
drives, I was just trying this Windows 10 1709 Linux subsystem thing
out but it seems to be a bust in my case anyway.
Windows 10 will remain as my primary system.

Rene


It is a good idea to have these sticks around anyway to occasionally
rescue Windows.

I carry one with me that has all kinds of specific things to
work on windows: password reset, hard drive health checks,
file managers, etc.. It is a good way to tell if your have a
hardware of software issue. And you can delete anything.
or copy off data from a (software) corrupted drive.

"What is your password?"

"I don't have a password"

Anyone ping me in the subject line if you want directions on that.

But you can also work on passwords, with nothing more
than your Windows rescue CD. There are two hacks available,
for becoming administrator on the lock screen window.

Paul

On 10/20/2017 12:32 PM, Paul wrote:
T wrote:
On 10/19/2017 12:12 PM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 10/19/2017 1:58 PM, T wrote:
On 10/18/2017 11:05 AM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
I tried to run this thing and installed the 2 distros, I set it
active and now get an error saying it can't find the file or the
path or I don't have the proper permissions when I try to run
either one..
Is this thing worth trying to use? Does it give you A graphical
Linux or is it it just a command line thingy which may not be of
much use to me?

All comments welcome.

Rene

Hi Rene,

I would run any number of the Live USB's and see what I liked
the most.Â* They mostly all come with GUI's.

https://spins.fedoraproject.org/

Use "dd" to write the ISO's out to your flash drive.
There is no weird stuff required, like with Windows
ISO's

If there is one you particularly like, I would consider
making it your base system and running Windows from a
virtual machine.Â* It is always a good idea to make your
base machine the fastest most reliable machine and Linux
is far faster and more reliable than Windows.

But before doing that, consider where most of your apps
will be running.Â* All but one of mine (go to assist) run
in Linux.Â* Virtual Machines always run slower than
native machines.

It you will hardly be running Linux at all, just keep your
live USB sticks around.

-T


I just run Linux occasionally so will stick to 2 or 3 distros on USB
drives, I was just trying this Windows 10 1709 Linux subsystem thing
out but it seems to be a bust in my case anyway.
Windows 10 will remain as my primary system.

Rene


It is a good idea to have these sticks around anyway to occasionally
rescue Windows.

I carry one with me that has all kinds of specific things to
work on windows: password reset, hard drive health checks,
file managers, etc..Â* It is a good way to tell if your have a
hardware of software issue.Â* And you can delete anything.
or copy off data from a (software) corrupted drive.

"What is your password?"

"I don't have a password"

Anyone ping me in the subject line if you want directions on that.

But you can also work on passwords, with nothing more
than your Windows rescue CD. There are two hacks available,
for becoming administrator on the lock screen window.

Â*Â* Paul

Hi Paul,

It is really easy to do it in Linux. I have a cheat sheet txt file
for it on the SUB drive. I just copy and paste. If I want, it
activates the administrators account and blanks out whatever
passwords I want. Then you can go in and smack *.tmp files
and remove and junkware that thinks it is so cleaver with the
file locks.

Plus I can read past a lot of the NTFS corruptions that Windows
can not. I can also go into the registry and nail any stuck
keys that refuse to budge when all the Windows tricks fail
(such as permissions, etc..)

I do have a Windows 10 "Win10PE-Gandalf.iso" rescue USB
as well. Lots of fun stuff on that. You can never have too few
of these things. When one fails you, you have fall backs.

The Windows iso's **** me off as I can not just dd them to a stick.
All the Linux ones I can.

-T