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Please disable file notified hooks for files in WSL. One of the big reasons why I prefer to work on linux in office like environments is because Symantec etc he
by dman 10y ago
Please disable file notified hooks for files in WSL. One of the big reasons why I prefer to work on linux in office like environments is because Symantec etc heavily hook file IO on windows making things like compilation / checkout very slow compared to linux. When WSL came out I was hoping it would sidestep the slow hooked IO problem in windows but some investigation revealed that file modified / created hooks are still triggered for files in WSL. Any change of this being removed?
- mwfunk 10y agoThe problem is the antivirus software, not the kernel features that the AV software is using. I can't imagine that MS would cripple their OS just so that someone who mostly uses WSL can bypass the AV software that their sadistic IT people force them to use. The only solution there is to just not take jobs where someone can force you to use such machines.
- dman 10y agoTry creating a lot of small files, even microsofts own antivirus (which seems to be the most light weight of the anti virus alternatives) adds significant overhead. I know its not a simple problem, but since most large repos contain a lot of small files this does create a negative "workstation os" image for windows in my mind.