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How do you pronounce "WLinux"?
Either said "Wa-Linux" or letter "W" then "Linux". It is Linux running on Windows, whoever thought this was going to happen anyways.
How can you charge for this, I thought Linux was free software/open source?
Free software and open source does not mean you cannot charge for packaging, redistribution, and services. Take it from the Free Software Foundation, curators of the GNU project and authors of the GPL. WLinux fully complies with the GPL and other applicable licenses by providing the source code for our app. You are free to build WLinux from the source yourself or fork it into your own project.
WLinux offers a paid version of the app through the Microsoft Store. The proceeds from this are used to fund features sought by our user community. In much the same way commercial customers of Canonical improve Ubuntu whose fixes and features then get upstreamed to Debian. We are firm believers in open source, free software, and collaboration.
1. Installing from Microsoft Store.
See Windows 10 Installation Guide from Microsoft.com.
2. Initial setup:
2.1. Creating a UNIX user.
See Initializing a newly installed distro from Microsoft.com.
2.2. The shell.
See The Bash Guide.
2.3 Installing packages.
See Debian package management from the Debian project.
3.1. Using GUI apps.
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Install, configure, and run X client on Windows 10. X410 is recommended.
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Install your Linux GUI app (expect a big download, often 500MB-1GB):
$ sudo apt-get install gedit -y
- Run your Linux GUI app:
gedit
3.2. Accessing C:
C:\ is mounted under /mnt/C/
See BUILDING.md.