[Nix-dev] Did we just get windows support for free?

[Mathnerd314]

The talk is finished. There's also a pre-recorded demo:
https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2016/P488

Apparently the files are stored in a hidden user directory as normal NTFS
files. It's still unclear why the filesystem appears as read-only, but
apt-get does work, so I imagine Nix will work fine too, unless it uses one
of the unimplemented syscalls. it's not going to be available for another
1-2 weeks, and then only to Windows Insiders (but it's free to join that
program).

I don't think Nix should drop MinGW or Cygwin support though (what little
works), since it will still be useful for compiling GUI things (e.g. SDL
games).

-- Mathnerd314

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 1:01 PM, Mathnerd314 <mathnerd314.gph at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The talk was scheduled before today; I think it's too early for April.
>
> https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2016/C906
>
> What's not clear is how the linux files are stored; it looks like the root
> filesystem is read-only in Dustin Kirkland's post, which would preclude
> using a package manager.
>
> -- Mathnerd314
>
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