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| oerheks | blup | 19:05 |
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| oerheks | https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/22/wsl2_windows_server/ | 19:05 |
| arraybolt3[m] | I don't get it. If you wanted Linux containers, run Linux and LXD. If you wanted Linux containers on Windows Server, run a Linux VM and put LXD in that. | 20:53 |
| arraybolt3[m] | Hey, though, for those Windows Server 2019 users, the VM+LXD idea might actually work. I guess WSL2 is going to be a bit lighter than a VM+LXD... maybe. | 20:54 |
| oerheks | 5 years ago i would say ' horror', windows supporting ext4 natively | 21:00 |
| Bashing-om | arraybolt3[m]: ^ update: https://4sysops.com/archives/install-subsystem-for-linux-2-wsl2-on-windows-server/ . | 21:00 |
| oerheks | or exfat in the kernel :-D | 21:00 |
| arraybolt3[m] | It just seems like WSL2 is not going to ever be stable enough for server use. It would be like trying to run Windows applications on a Linux server and relying on WINE. | 21:01 |
| arraybolt3[m] | (Albeit, WSL2 is probably quite a bit more polished than WINE since Linux is open-source and Windows isn't, but you get my point - trying to make one kernel act like another is not the most reliable thing in the world.) | 21:02 |
| arraybolt3[m] | (I mean, I could be wrong - Linux does have a very stable userspace interface, so it might be OK.) | 21:03 |
| arraybolt3[m] | Also, people could just run a Linux server with LXD and then put a Windows Server VM on top of it. That would be even more secure IMO. | 21:07 |
| oerheks | wsl is never meant to run gui programms | 21:07 |
| hggdh | wsl *is* getting support for graphical programs | 21:08 |
| hggdh | officially | 21:08 |
| arraybolt3[m] | I saw someone manage to run Anbox in WSL the other day. Didn't work very well, but they did get the graphical window to appear. | 21:08 |
| arraybolt3[m] | oerheks: Another reason to run Linux on baremetal and put Windows Server in a VM. More functionality, better compatibility, possibly better security. | 21:09 |
| oerheks | hggdh, i guess with wsl3 ? not official yet,there are hacks though | 21:11 |
| hggdh | even with wsl2 (at least under W11 -- which I am still required to run, until we get the kinks off native Linux laptops) | 21:12 |
| hggdh | I am now able to fire off graphical thingies off wsl, with small issues, like mouse reverts to a right-handed one although my W11 has it as left-handed, and screen resolution goes to native W11 resolution) | 21:15 |
| hggdh | the screen resolution is the worst for me -- my laptop is 4k, and the graphical windows get VERY SMALL fonts | 21:16 |
| hggdh | but i do not use graphics a lot, my life is on the command line on WSL | 21:18 |
| hggdh | heh, just ran 'code' under WSL2, works nicely | 21:21 |
| hggdh | disregard, it ra the Windows 'code' :-( | 21:28 |
| daftykins | landscape is seriously iffy right now | 23:45 |
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