Last I tried, absolutely not. There is a bug with TCP/IP that apparently prevent...

automathematics on Oct 28, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Is Bash for Windows good enough to replace...

Last I tried, absolutely not. There is a bug with TCP/IP that apparently prevents nodejs from doing anything networking related. So for example, express will not run because it can't find to the port to listen for HTTP.

Its been documented and seemingly ignored by the bash team every time I've checked so I may stuck sticking with a laptop that doesn't have an escape key.. :(

Proceed with caution, for now.

outdooricon on Oct 28, 2016 [–]

It's actually not being ignored, the fix is in active development: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/468#issuec...