30 Tips and Tricks for Managing and Running Ubuntu/Bash/Windows Subsystem for Linux WIN321B Orin Thomas

The Basics Of Windows Subsystem for Linux 4/15/2018 9:48 AM The Basics Of Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL – Allows Linux environment above the Linux kernel to run on Windows 10 Standard Ubuntu environment available by default Can be switched with other Linux distributions Still evolving and a beta feature (not everything works) © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Why Windows Subsystem for Linux 4/15/2018 9:48 AM Why Windows Subsystem for Linux Many developers chose OSX because Gave them access to open source tools that ran natively on their computer with commercial closed source applications Tools available on Windows for interacting with some open source technologies were often unavailable or lacked functionality WSL provides almost all tools available an Ubuntu distro © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Deployment Requirements Installing WSL Removing WSL Backing up WSL 4/15/2018 9:48 AM Deployment Requirements Installing WSL Removing WSL Backing up WSL © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Navigating Windows File System 4/15/2018 9:48 AM Navigating Windows File System Accessing Windows file system from WSL /mnt/c/Users/orin/Desktop /mnt/e Where WSL lives in the Windows file system C:\Users\mtrinidad\AppData\Local\lxss C:\Users\mtrinidad\AppData\Local\lxss\home\”Linux_UserName” C:\Users\mtrinidad\AppData\Local\lxssootfs\usr\local\bin C:\Users\mtrinidad\AppData\Local\lxss\home\”Linux_Username”\PowerShell © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Updating Apt-Get: Linux Package Manager 4/15/2018 9:48 AM Updating Apt-Get: Linux Package Manager Sudo apt-get update: Refresh package availability Sudo apt-get upgrade: Upgrade current packages Sudo apt-get autoremove: Remove application and dependencies Sudo apt-get clean: Clean up apt cache © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Linux Userland Editors 4/15/2018 9:48 AM Linux Userland Editors Apt-Get Install Utility VIM PICO EMACS © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Task Management TOP HTOP PS PSTREE PGREP KILL KILLALL 4/15/2018 9:48 AM Task Management TOP HTOP PS PSTREE PGREP KILL KILLALL © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

4/15/2018 9:48 AM Shell tools TMUX © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Running Compiz on Windows 4/15/2018 9:48 AM Running Compiz on Windows Compositing Windows Manager Used by Ubuntu Requires X-Windows server that supports OpenGL © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Preparing to run Compiz 4/15/2018 9:48 AM Preparing to run Compiz Download and install VCXSRV Configure to use Fullscreen/One large Window Display number set to 0 Prepare dbus (once only) sudo sed -i's/<listen>.*<\/listen>/<listen>tcp:host=localhost,port=0<\/listen>/'/etc/dbus-1/session.conf Prepare display Export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 Can set as an environment variable © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Configure Compiz Apt install ubuntu-desktop 4/15/2018 9:48 AM Configure Compiz Apt install ubuntu-desktop Apt install compizconfig-settings manager ccsm © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Configure Compiz (cont) 4/15/2018 9:48 AM Configure Compiz (cont) © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Run Compiz Compiz & 4/15/2018 9:48 AM © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Ubuntu Desktop and Windows: Side-by-Side 4/15/2018 9:48 AM Ubuntu Desktop and Windows: Side-by-Side Create a virtual desktop Shift between Windows and Linux by shifting virtual desktops © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Synaptic to manage packages 4/15/2018 9:48 AM Synaptic to manage packages © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Other options Can install other Linux Distros: SUSE 4/15/2018 9:48 AM Other options Can install other Linux Distros: SUSE Run other distros in a VM on Hyper-V © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

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