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title: "Comment by Shreyansh Pandey on \"Setting up a Web Development Environment on Windows 10 + WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) for Newbies by a Newbie.\" | Hashnode"
description: "Just a quirk about WSL: it doesn't natively support ext* family of filesystems which is a pain. A better way to get better Linux-like support is to download"
url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/setting-up-a-web-development-environment-on-windows-10-wsl-windows-subsystem-for-linux-for-newbies-by-a-newbie/5c152cfb25ded8e024efaa1d/comment/5c16b554ca4c864646c24277"
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[Discussion](https://hashnode.com/posts/setting-up-a-web-development-environment-on-windows-10-wsl-windows-subsystem-for-linux-for-newbies-by-a-newbie/5c152cfb25ded8e024efaa1d)

Comment [Setting up a Web Development Environment on Windows 10 + WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) for Newbies by a Newbie.](https://hashnode.com/posts/setting-up-a-web-development-environment-on-windows-10-wsl-windows-subsystem-for-linux-for-newbies-by-a-newbie/5c152cfb25ded8e024efaa1d)

[Shreyansh Pandey](https://hashnode.com/@labsvisua)

[Dec 16, 2018](https://hashnode.com/posts/setting-up-a-web-development-environment-on-windows-10-wsl-windows-subsystem-for-linux-for-newbies-by-a-newbie/5c152cfb25ded8e024efaa1d/comment/5c16b554ca4c864646c24277)

Just a quirk about WSL: it doesn't natively support `ext*` family of filesystems which is a pain. A better way to get better Linux-like support is to download and install `git-bash` for Windows. It supports nearly 90% of what Linux does (practically).