Episode 106: BASH on Windows with Richard Turner

The Discussion

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  OK.
  Running Linux apps inside Windows would be cool.
  Also making the Windows console look and work better would be cool.
  I can't wait for these features.
  
  But of course, you should first make the Windows 10 start menu and the action center work and not freeze all the time first...
  And for those who don't know how to temp-fix their buggy Win10 start menu and taskbar, here is a BAT script you can run when you get taskbar UI freezes:
  
  SET app="RuntimeBroker.exe"
  wmic process WHERE Name=%app% delete
  wmic process call create "C:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exe"
  
  I hope this gets fixed at (or before) the anniversary windows 10 update, or else I will start biting MS people...
  

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  One request here:
  
  Please add a simple and quick way to switch that functionality on and off. Installing and installing features is time consuming. And keeping it enabled all the time is dangerous for security (remember Shellshock).
  I've heard something about enabling `developer mode` in the video, but I have no idea what setting it was talking about and if that completely disables the feature.