Okay, so I’ve been messing around with this thing called “little shrew” lately. It’s, uh, a way to get Linux programs running on Windows, kind of like that WSL thing, but different.
First, I downloaded the little shrew files. It wasn’t super straightforward, I had to dig around a bit to find the right download, but I got it eventually. It came as a compressed file, so I just unzipped it to a folder on my desktop.
Getting it running
Next, I opened a command prompt. Now, I’m no command-line wizard, but I know the basics. I navigated to the folder where I unzipped little shrew using the cd command. It was something like cd Desktoplittle-shrew.
Then, there was this file, I think it was called `*` or something similar. I just typed its name and hit enter. Boom! Some text scrolled by, and it looked like it was doing… something. I honestly wasn’t 100% sure what was happening, but it seemed to be working.
First test
To actually test if this works, I tried with a simple linux command.
I typed the command `uname -a`, and guess what it printed the linux system information in the command, it worked!
The Payoff
- It’s kinda cool to see Linux programs working directly on my Windows machine.
- It felt like I unlocked some secret superpower.
- I did run a Linux program on my Windows computer!
So yeah, that’s my little adventure with “little shrew”. It’s not perfect, but it’s a neat little tool to play around with. Maybe I’ll try running something more complex next time, like a text editor or something. Who knows!