

I can fire it up in Windows Explorer, too, because the file systems are shared. Just like a Mac or Linux box, I can type subl.

No awkward file mounts or VM synchronization this is real Linux.Ī simple example of how good this is: if you install Sublime Text 3 in Windows, it'll be accessible in your bash terminal if it's in your path. I can use Visual Studio Code, on Windows, with a task runner like Webpack running under Ubuntu, monitoring for changes on the same filesystem. Here's why the Windows Linux Subsystem is so good: it's the best of both worlds. The only reason coding directly in Windows is suddenly so feasible is thanks to Microsoft’s work on the Windows Linux Subsystem, which gives you a fully-fledged Ubuntu install right at the command line - and it works surprisingly well. If you're interested in what hardware is worth using, I recommend the Surface Book 2 but have an ongoing series of laptop reviews here.
