Ubuntu on Windows is now available for Windows ten. This is not just an emulator. Ubuntu on Windows ten is a full fledged Ubuntu linux environment.
This software installs within Microsoft Windows ten 64 bit version operating system. All you need to verify on Microsoft Windows ten operating system is that you have Windows ten anniversary update, that was released in August of two thousand sixteen, installed. Then you need to enable For developers in Windows.
You will want to left click your Microsoft Windows ten start menu button. Then select Settings icon. Once in Settings you will want to click on For developers.
Then, select Developer mode and click on any Apply buttons. Now you want to right click your Microsoft Windows ten operating system start menu button and select Control Panel. Now you can select Programs and then Programs and Features. You will want to select on your left hand side Turn Windows features on or off.
A Windows Features window opens. You can scroll down almost to the bottom and place a check in that box next to Windows Subsystem for Linux (Beta). Then you can click on an OK button and now Microsoft Windows operating system will try to download and install this feature.
Once installed, you may need to reboot your computer. Now you will notice a Bash on Ubuntu on Windows menu item when you left click your Microsoft Windows operating system start menu button. You will want to start a Ubuntu linux bash shell with in Microsoft Windows operating system.
The first time you start this environment, you will need to create a unix/linux user and password. You will be asked to verify your password. In order to browse your Microsoft Windows files, you will want to type in cd /mnt without quotations.
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Now type in cd c or the appropriate drive letter without quotations. You now have read and write access to your Microsoft Windows files. You may need to brush up on your linux command line knowledge if you have not used linux before.
This Bash on Ubuntu on Microsoft Windows operating system is a full fledged command line linux environment. You have possible access to most linux commands and software that will run on Ubuntu Linux operating system. For now this is a beta version so it is possible some commands and or software will not work.
You can update this environment with an apt-get update command. Also, you can install programs with apt-get install PROGRAM NAME. This linux environment is based off of Ubuntu operating system version 14.04 at time of this blog post creation.