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RE: Installing and testing the MadAnalysis 5 particle physics platform on Win10 using the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
@effofex could you equate the Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 10 as a build in virtual machine? I have recently installed windows 10 with a dual boot of Linux Mint xfce. My chipset doesnt allow for virtualization so i gave up on it a long time ago . Is this a new feature? Im assuming the ubuntu code is still relevant on this version. Awesome write up either way!!!
I'm glad you liked it.
Once you get WSL setup, it's great for a lightweight Unix environment - particularly if you don't need to deal with X or sharing files between the subsystem and host (though both are possible). In your situation, I'd find it much more bearable than dual-booting, which I came to loathe.
Running a VM will give you the full Linux experience with a minimum of hassles, but like you said, not all hardware is happy with that. In my own situation, I started using WSL on my professional box because our IT department is super restrictive on what OSs we can virtualize, and some software I needed required a specific distro.
For those wondering, I live in a windows host because a) 95% of my colleagues use the windows environment and, especially as a junior member, it's easier for me to live in their environment and b) roughly half the software I use professionally has only a windows version (of course, the other half really wants to live in *nix, hence the WSL).