Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux

["Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>]

Hi,

zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> skribis:

> About FSDG, the arguments are exactly the same as GNU Emacs on
> Windows. :-) No?  I mean, GNU Emacs provides a full port on Windows and
> such port is available on the same side as other platforms on their
> website [1].  The rationale [2]:
>
>         The purpose of the GNU system is to give users the freedom that
>         proprietary software takes away from its users. Proprietary
>         operating systems (like other proprietary programs) are an
>         injustice, and we aim for a world in which they do not exist.
>
>         To improve the use of proprietary systems is a misguided
>         goal. Our aim, rather, is to eliminate them. We include support
>         for some proprietary systems in GNU Emacs in the hope that
>         running Emacs on them will give users a taste of freedom and
>         thus lead them to free themselves.
>
> would also make sense for GNU Guix, no?

Just like the Emacs manual has an appendix on Windows support, I think
the cookbook could have a section on setting up Guix on WSL2.

Cc’ing maintainers for their thoughts!

Thanks,
Ludo’.