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kyriakos
on April 7, 2016
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Bash on Ubuntu on Windows
"bash on Ubuntu on Windows" am I the only one who finds the name weird?
JdeBP
on April 7, 2016
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As I mentioned elsewhere on this page, the developers are interested in serious discussion of a better name.
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11391931
chris-at
on April 7, 2016
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Microsoft has always been great at naming things!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUXnJraKM3k
TheLogothete
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It is super weird. I think Ubuntu shell for Windows is much, much better.
progman
on April 7, 2016
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"Bash emulation in Ubuntu Layer on Windows" would probably be the accurate version :-)
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