Heck just read the updates on that post linked above and it looks like someone wrote something just for this. My bad for missing it earlier. It is linked in the 4th-ish answer down.

https://github.com/AlexSSD7/linsk

Sure you can. Here's one way that looks similar how I do it using wsl. This assumes you're on an EXT4 file system.

https://superuser.com/questions/584883/how-can-i-access-volumes-encrypted-with-luks-dm-crypt-from-windows#936284

There's quite a few options for this but this should at least get you closer to your goal.

I use btrfs on my Linux installs now and there's a windows driver that is phenomenal for that here.

https://github.com/maharmstone/btrfs

Good luck!

This feels like the natural choice doesn't it?

This is the one thing that justfied buying an enterprise licensing model for my C level overlords.

Right on.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_for_PlayStation_2

That guy sounds like the dude that "works" at my house too.

You know I didn't realize until now there was actually "confusion". I just thought I was a dolt for forgetting the package name or confusing the command name. Heh!

😀

Absolutely! When I was 20ish and new, yeah. But it hit me about 3years ago thats ALL I do professionally is automate as much as I can to make life easier for users and companies. Why am I not doing that for me?

On a side note, I'm seriously loving the immutable distributions. I'm thinking that's my new direction.

Sorry to rattle on lol

😀 I sure sound like it. Debian these days though. I'm too lazy for Arch anymore.

It was too far from the metal for me. But it is a great distribution. Especially if you're looking for fancy pants gaming ability or just turn-key ready to roll MS alternative.