But to your point, Windows Subsystem for Linux is great in that the search tools are much better than Windows and it allows me to search windows text files for what I need.
I meant that I find the concept of WSL unappealing and therefore never installed it (I’ve been dual-booting) and instead when I use Windows I use cross-platform native executables to fulfill my needs. Another reason is I don’t own the windows machines I use (they are school computers) so I can’t access WSL since it’s not installed or available.
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But to your point, Windows Subsystem for Linux is great in that the search tools are much better than Windows and it allows me to search windows text files for what I need.
Are you using a GUI?
I meant that I find the concept of WSL unappealing and therefore never installed it (I’ve been dual-booting) and instead when I use Windows I use cross-platform native executables to fulfill my needs. Another reason is I don’t own the windows machines I use (they are school computers) so I can’t access WSL since it’s not installed or available.
WSL2 is great. I don’t do GUI with it, but at least Ubuntu /feels/ native. Do I prefer a virtual machine? Yes. Do I prefer native? Yes.
I don’t have access to dual boot my work computer, so it works.
On my personal computer, I run a windows VM because I see no reason to dual boot. I don’t use windows that much.
This reddit thread explains why I can’t do what you did https://old.reddit.com/r/bashonubuntuonwindows/comments/zyq0cd/how_to_install_wsl_without_admin_right/
You can’t enable the service?
Part of what they are saying too is that they disabled the store but you can manually install a distro