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echo: linux
to: TONY LANGDON
from: ANDREW CLARKE
date: 2016-05-26 00:52:00
subject: Conversion

25 May 16 11:49, you wrote to me:

 ac>> Well currently you still need to install it from the Windows Store
 ac>> after you've enabled Linux binary compatibility, but point taken,
 ac>> that's just a few clicks and a reboot compared to downloading an
 ac>> Ubuntu ISO and installing it in a virtual machine, then messing
 ac>> about getting PuTTY to connect to it.

 TL> Yes, installing from the Windows Store sounds a lot easier - no
 TL> partitioning, etc, or fiddling about with VMs.

I reckon configuring PuTTY is the most painful. The defaults are awful.

Using Linux's ssh under Windows 10 is a breeze in comparison, but if you
already have Linux ssh then maybe you don't need Linux in a VM. Irony.

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