Running Linux Apps on Windows: How and Why?

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Title: Running Linux Apps on Windows: How and Why?
Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2021 1:00PM ET/10:00 AM PT
Duration: 1 hr

SPEAKER:
Scott Hanselman, Blogger, Web Developer at Microsoft

MODERATOR:
Bradley K. Jensen, Principal Data Scientist and Architect in the Data and Analytics Division at Centric Consulting; ACM Professional Development Committee (PDC)

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Will you be mentioning the use of Visual Studio Code from Windows to develop in Linux? For example, one can copy-and-past between the two in VSC.

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I use emacs on windows, but I am unable to use some features available on linux. How do I enable user-defined macros, spell-checking, and other features that ordinarily require supporting files?

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Is this supported on Win10? Will we get a free upgrade from win10 to win11 and then run Linux? thx

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What is your advise for students who have little to no experience in computer science? How could we seek for career opportunities?

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