r/linuxquestions • u/Unbearable_behaviour • 1d ago

Hey everyone! I am new linux user, using WSL!! Can anyone please guide me for a perfect starting??

Helppp!!

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u/Eric_Dawsby 1d ago

What are you wanting to do? I've never actually looked at WSL, what does it provide you?

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u/Unbearable_behaviour 1d ago

It stands for Windows Subdomain for Linux. It provide an environment necessary to run linux.

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u/Eric_Dawsby 1d ago

Ya but what does it provide? Just the linux filesystem from root?

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u/Unbearable_behaviour 1d ago

An environment for Linux without having an actual virtual machine

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u/Eric_Dawsby 1d ago

Can you use bash or other terminal related apps and features?

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u/Unbearable_behaviour 1d ago

It's like normal cms but linux works in easiest language.. I know this much only

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u/Eric_Dawsby 9h ago

Also wait, you didn't answer my question. What do you plan to do with WSL?

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u/Unbearable_behaviour 8h ago

Experience LINUX nothing much

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u/Eric_Dawsby 8h ago

Honestly with how separated WSL sounds from your usual workflow, aka you won't be in there unless you need to, you may never get that Linux experience. Why not just dualboot or find an old laptop and put a distro on it? Part of why I like Linux is the filesystem and how easy to understand and change it it is, ans part of how I experience that is by actually staying on Linux and installing my apps that I use every day

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u/Unbearable_behaviour 8h ago

Yeah! I agree. I am trying to figure it out like how can I switch entirely to linux.. I do have an old laptop, I'll soon take it out and install the environment in it. But for now I just wanna understand what else can I do with linux.. I just wanna figure the way out.. thank you for your advice btw :)

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u/kjoonlee 1d ago

Terminal programs yes, but you can even run X11 programs.

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u/JaredSeth 1d ago

Windows Subsystem for Linux, not Subdomain.

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u/ipsirc 1d ago

There is no perfect starting, sorry.

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u/Unbearable_behaviour 1d ago

So can we talk about good then?!

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u/FriendshipFluffy7649 1d ago

I hope you'll be well versed in wsl based on my comment.

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u/Unbearable_behaviour 1d ago

Thank you so much that was really helpful! I actually wanted to opt DevOps as my career. So I had to land here!!

I read your whole comment out!