Linux for (windows) dummies

What ... is this?

User-mode linux without the linux kernel
all system calls are brokered to windows
but it works

WTF? why do I want this?

many people prefer linux
many tools work better on linux
linux shell is so much better
no more cmdr / cygwin

OK - how do I get it?

...then reboot

and then ...

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature 
    -Online 
    -FeatureName 
    Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux

> Is this good? 
... yes it is

> where is my stuff?
... /mnt/c/windowsystuff

> do all the nice things work?
... ls pwd grep all the things

> we can even pipe commands into wsl

Is this a dev environment?

> sudo apt-add-repository ppa:fish-shell/release-2

> sudo apt-get update

> sudo apt-get install fish

# Let us install fish
# ===================

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:fish-shell/release-2

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install fish

To use fish by default

chsh will not work
add "exec fish" to the end of .bashrc
enjoy a pleasant and highly configurable shell

Still not very nice tho'

# Let us install neovim
# =====================

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:neovim-ppa/unstable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install neovim

# vanilla neovim is good. But you'll need some plugins. I'd recommend vim-plug

curl -fLo ~/.local/share/nvim/site/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \
    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim
	
# go to ~/.config/nvim and create an init.vim file like mine!

https://github.com/julianjelfs/vimstuff/blob/master/init.vim

# Find some plugins for your style of development (there something for everyone)

Still not quite an IDE

# The final cherry on the cake is tmux (a terminal multiplexer)

sudo apt-get install tmux

# Create a tmux session 
tmux new -s work

# carve up the screen

Ctrl-b + % for a vertical split
Ctrl-b + " for a horizontal split
Ctrl-b + Ctrl arrow to resize

# Presto, you have something that looks a lot like an IDE.

Waaah I don't want to use vim

Waaah I don't want to use emacs

Use VS Code with wsl terminal

Use emacs