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Windows Subsystem For Linux Coming To Windows Server

posted by Fnord666 on Thursday August 10 2017, @10:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the bashing-Windows dept.

janrinok writes:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Microsoft has announced that Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is coming to Windows Server.

Microsoft's adding it to Windows Server for the same reasons it added it to Windows: it wants developers to have whatever tools they prefer at their disposal.

Sysadmins are also on Redmond's mind, it says. "If you're a server engineer that needs to run node.js, Ruby, Python, Perl, Bash scripts or other tools that expect Linux behaviors, environment or filesystem-layout, the ability to install and run Linux with WSL expands the tools at your disposal on Windows Server."

Redmond snuck WSL into Windows Server Insider Build 16237 without including it in the announcement. It's now issued instructions on how to install it.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by engblom on Friday August 11 2017, @04:52AM (2 children)

    by engblom (556) on Friday August 11 2017, @04:52AM (#552121)

    People maintaining windows servers have for a long time been using Cygwin when they need some basic *nix tools. If MS begins to modify WSFL in a such way that it is not compatible, people will just move back to Cygwin. I would say that Windows itself is a bigger trap, not WSFL.

    I wonder if WSFL supports having openssh-server running on Windows?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 11 2017, @08:08AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 11 2017, @08:08AM (#552192)

    That assumes that at that time, Cygwin is still maintained (if WSL is available, reliable and usable for long enough time, people will lose interest in Cygwin). After a certain amount of bit-rot, going back is no longer just a matter of installing it.

    • (Score: 2) by engblom on Friday August 11 2017, @12:03PM

      by engblom (556) on Friday August 11 2017, @12:03PM (#552239)

      What you say is not an impossible scenario, however Cygwin will be needed for quite a long time still as WSL only supports Windows Server 2016 (and probably future versions). Everybody running older systems still need to use Cygwin.