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		vvpan on Aug 27, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scrollbar Blindness Didn't Microsoft make an effort to bring Linux into Windows a few years back? Is that no longer a thing?

madeofpalk on Aug 27, 2020 [–]

That's WSL. It's still there, and it's super easy to use (new Terminal tab > Ubuntu), but I just find I don't have much of a need for it. I do web development with Node, which runs fine under windows. https://imgur.com/a/n19qb8M

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