[semaphoreP]

It works great for me. Like others have mentioned, it's not an emulator, so I don't feel sandboxed using it. The main downside is one of the caveats they mention: "Linux files are NOT accessible from Windows." Hopefully they can fix this in the future.

[ruricolist]

Since you have to uninstall and reinstall WSL to upgrade it, it makes more sense to store your files on the Windows file system and symlink them into your home directory.

[dingo_bat]

I just cd to my windows home and work there.

[shpongled]

%AppData%\local\lxss\rootfs

Have fun

[russellsprouts]

Careful: the Linux permissions of these files are stored in attributes of the files, and many tools don't preserve them properly. You'll likely lose access to files if you try this.

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/2016/11/17/do-n...

[semaphoreP]

I recall there were issues if you tried to modify those files in Windows. Maybe they've fixed that in recent updates, but my impression was that while I could see the files, I shouldn't be touching them.

[justabystander]

Yes. Updates to those files didn't seem to be reflected in bash until I'd closed and reopened the terminal.

[math0ne]

FYI, this does not work.