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Most interesting Linux Distro in 2016: Ubuntu on Windows 10 (UbuNTu) This has already massively improved my productivity in writing cross-platform C++ code.

atomi 10y ago
Yeah, just like Linux except when it's not. It's useful for folks forced to use Windows because of regulations, but definitely not preferred over a real Linux distribution.
- Aldo_MX 10y ago
  > but definitely not preferred over a real Linux distribution TBH, If I had to choose between "any real Linux distribution" with WINE and Windows with "a real UNIX terminal", I would prefer the latter.
  - atomi 10y ago
    Not me. I'm fortunate in that I don't require WINE or Windows. By the way have you tried Cinnamon?
    - Aldo_MX 10y ago
      Yes, unfortunately it didn't allow me to run Windows software (ex. design, video, 3d modelling or audio software, games, office, etc.), because Cinnamon is a Desktop Environment ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Personally I prefer MATE since it's a fork of the good old GNOME 2, but I don't use a DE in my servers, so having SSH (installed by Git for Windows) is enough to connect to them. I also install GnuWin32[1] to avoid getting the `'%s' is not recognized` error whenever I'm using the console and I type by muscle memory some basic commands like ls, or pwd, or grep, and ConEmu[2] with Clink[3] to remove several annoyances of the Windows Command Line. Having a "good enough" UNIX terminal like OS X is something I'm waiting to see in the next iterations of Windows. [1] http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/ http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/ [2] https://conemu.github.io/ https://conemu.github.io/ [3] https://mridgers.github.io/clink/ https://mridgers.github.io/clink/ PS. Don't patronize all the people who prefer Windows like a freshman who drank the Linux cool-aid for the first time, most of us need to exchange files with people from different areas. The need to use Photoshop, Word or Illustrator over GIMP, Writer or Inkscape is not a matter of preference, but a matter of being productive by not troubleshooting issues that arise due to the lack of popularity of FOSS alternatives, to give an example: Try to open a .docx and a .odt attachment in Gmail for Android without an Office app, you'll get really surprised and disappointed at the same time ;)
      - atomi 10y ago
        That's by design.

atomi 10y ago

Yeah, just like Linux except when it's not. It's useful for folks forced to use Windows because of regulations, but definitely not preferred over a real Linux distribution.

Aldo_MX 10y ago
> but definitely not preferred over a real Linux distribution TBH, If I had to choose between "any real Linux distribution" with WINE and Windows with "a real UNIX terminal", I would prefer the latter.
- atomi 10y ago
  Not me. I'm fortunate in that I don't require WINE or Windows. By the way have you tried Cinnamon?
  - Aldo_MX 10y ago
    Yes, unfortunately it didn't allow me to run Windows software (ex. design, video, 3d modelling or audio software, games, office, etc.), because Cinnamon is a Desktop Environment ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Personally I prefer MATE since it's a fork of the good old GNOME 2, but I don't use a DE in my servers, so having SSH (installed by Git for Windows) is enough to connect to them. I also install GnuWin32[1] to avoid getting the `'%s' is not recognized` error whenever I'm using the console and I type by muscle memory some basic commands like ls, or pwd, or grep, and ConEmu[2] with Clink[3] to remove several annoyances of the Windows Command Line. Having a "good enough" UNIX terminal like OS X is something I'm waiting to see in the next iterations of Windows. [1] http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/ http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/ [2] https://conemu.github.io/ https://conemu.github.io/ [3] https://mridgers.github.io/clink/ https://mridgers.github.io/clink/ PS. Don't patronize all the people who prefer Windows like a freshman who drank the Linux cool-aid for the first time, most of us need to exchange files with people from different areas. The need to use Photoshop, Word or Illustrator over GIMP, Writer or Inkscape is not a matter of preference, but a matter of being productive by not troubleshooting issues that arise due to the lack of popularity of FOSS alternatives, to give an example: Try to open a .docx and a .odt attachment in Gmail for Android without an Office app, you'll get really surprised and disappointed at the same time ;)
    - atomi 10y ago
      That's by design.