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Why not adopt the Windows Subsystem for Linux (i.e., Ubuntu and bash.exe) strategy?
by ttflee 10y ago
Why not adopt the Windows Subsystem for Linux (i.e., Ubuntu and bash.exe) strategy?
- artursapek 10y agoI bought a Thinkpad recently and was intending to use that for day-to-day development. It was pretty good but important parts of tmux just didn't work, so I just gave up and installed Linux on the machine (which I'm enjoying a lot).
- nickjj 10y agoIt needs a lot more time before it's usable beyond demo use cases. If you're interested I wrote all about it[0] when trying to change my development environment recently: [0]: https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/i-almost-rage-bought-a-macbook-pro https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/i-almost-rage-bought-a-macboo...
- TazeTSchnitzel 10y agoPersonally, WSL's existence temps me to touch Windows again in future if there's a particularly attractive machine. But, well, Windows with WSL is still Windows. Much like Linux with a hypothetical flawless version of WINE would still be Linux. The desktop experience is still… poor.