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cbwin

Launch Windows programs from "Bash on Ubuntu on Windows" (WSL)

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Launch Windows programs from "Bash on Ubuntu on Windows" (WSL)

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by week6 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2016-04-27 00:12:19 UTC to 2016-10-28 01:12:37 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

0122016-04-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-05-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsApr 252016-05-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-05-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-05-09 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-05-16 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-05-16 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-05-23 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2016-05-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-05-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-05-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-06-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-06-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-06-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-06-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-06-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-06-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-06-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-06-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-07-04 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-07-04 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-07-11 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-07-11 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-07-18 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-07-18 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-07-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-07-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsJul 252016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-08-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2016-08-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-08-15 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-08-15 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-08-22 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-08-22 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-08-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-08-29 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-09-05 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-09-05 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-09-12 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-09-12 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-09-19 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-09-19 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-09-26 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-09-26 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-10-03 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-10-03 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-10-10 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-10-10 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-10-17 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2016-10-17 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-10-24 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-10-24 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-10-31 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsOct 24

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Apr 252016-04-25 00:00:00 UTC2016-05-02 00:00:00 UTC110
May 22016-05-02 00:00:00 UTC2016-05-09 00:00:00 UTC000
May 92016-05-09 00:00:00 UTC2016-05-16 00:00:00 UTC000
May 162016-05-16 00:00:00 UTC2016-05-23 00:00:00 UTC110
May 232016-05-23 00:00:00 UTC2016-05-30 00:00:00 UTC000
May 302016-05-30 00:00:00 UTC2016-06-06 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 62016-06-06 00:00:00 UTC2016-06-13 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 132016-06-13 00:00:00 UTC2016-06-20 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 202016-06-20 00:00:00 UTC2016-06-27 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 272016-06-27 00:00:00 UTC2016-07-04 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 42016-07-04 00:00:00 UTC2016-07-11 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 112016-07-11 00:00:00 UTC2016-07-18 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 182016-07-18 00:00:00 UTC2016-07-25 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 252016-07-25 00:00:00 UTC2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 12016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-08-08 00:00:00 UTC202
Aug 82016-08-08 00:00:00 UTC2016-08-15 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 152016-08-15 00:00:00 UTC2016-08-22 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 222016-08-22 00:00:00 UTC2016-08-29 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 292016-08-29 00:00:00 UTC2016-09-05 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 52016-09-05 00:00:00 UTC2016-09-12 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 122016-09-12 00:00:00 UTC2016-09-19 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 192016-09-19 00:00:00 UTC2016-09-26 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 262016-09-26 00:00:00 UTC2016-10-03 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 32016-10-03 00:00:00 UTC2016-10-10 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 102016-10-10 00:00:00 UTC2016-10-17 00:00:00 UTC101
Oct 172016-10-17 00:00:00 UTC2016-10-24 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 242016-10-24 00:00:00 UTC2016-10-31 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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sdrinf·Aug 5, 2016
| Note that outbash.exe listens on 127.0.0.1, but validates that processes that establish a connection are running as the same user as outbash.exe (this check is implemented starting with version v0.7). Therefore, it can be used on multi-user computers. (from: https://github.com/xilun/cbwin/ ) So, I suspect this uses TCP & networking to do that; which does work: you can listen to a port in LXSS, and that will be accessible via 127.0.0.1 ;and you can connect to 127.0.0.1 from LXSS, and it will be routed to eg. windows listeners . Above was specifically about process-based signals, and non-network-hacks.
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