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minus-squarenohaybanda [he/him]hexbear1·3 years agoLiterally the only use case I've had for WSL is to ssh into a server and do some computation on it. What do you use it for? link
minus-squareeduardog3000 [he/him]hexbear1·3 years agoBasically anything you'd use a terminal for, it makes for a very nice replacement to Command Prompt or PowerShell. link
minus-squarenohaybanda [he/him]hexbear1·3 years agocome to think of it, I've never really interacted with my windows directories. Could be useful to run sed or grep on collections of files and shit link
minus-squareeduardog3000 [he/him]hexbear1·edit-23 years agoIf you use Windows Terminal you can set WSL as the default and add it to the right click menu within File Explorer. link
minus-squarenohaybanda [he/him]hexbear1·3 years agoI do use windows terminal, but prefer to leave power shell as the default, and then I have CentOS7 and Ubuntu18.04 for testing some shit. I'm currently studying for LPIC-1 and it helps to do simpler things from WSL instead of going to the VM. link
Literally the only use case I've had for WSL is to ssh into a server and do some computation on it. What do you use it for?
Basically anything you'd use a terminal for, it makes for a very nice replacement to Command Prompt or PowerShell.
come to think of it, I've never really interacted with my windows directories. Could be useful to run sed or grep on collections of files and shit
If you use Windows Terminal you can set WSL as the default and add it to the right click menu within File Explorer.
I do use windows terminal, but prefer to leave power shell as the default, and then I have CentOS7 and Ubuntu18.04 for testing some shit. I'm currently studying for LPIC-1 and it helps to do simpler things from WSL instead of going to the VM.