From b6c740b2bf6bc27f88dc74c2b7d29eb2b57873eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ife <64481442+ifeoluwafavour@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 16:12:52 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Note for Windows 8 and 8.1 users I included a note for users who still use Windows 8.1 and previous versions of Windows --- documentation/wsl_ifeoluwafavour.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/documentation/wsl_ifeoluwafavour.md b/documentation/wsl_ifeoluwafavour.md index c7cd9056..d2deff6a 100644 --- a/documentation/wsl_ifeoluwafavour.md +++ b/documentation/wsl_ifeoluwafavour.md @@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ For now, Ersilia does not work natively on Windows operating systems. To use Ers There are two ways you can use a Linux operating system in Windows: - You can use [Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install) to install a Linux distribution. (Ubuntu is the default for Windows Subsystem for Linux). +You can also use [Visual studio code](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/wsl) with Windows Subsystem for Linux. -**Note: You can also use [Visual studio code](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/wsl) with Windows Subsystem for Linux.** +**Note: Windows Subsystem for Linux is not available on Windows 8.1 and previous versions.** - Or you can download a Virtual Machine for Windows hosts ([Oracle Virtualbox](https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads) or [VMWare Workstation Player](https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-player.html)) and download a Linux distribution (for example [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop)) to enable you use the Linux operating system in Windows.