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Worthwhile as the various Unix-in-Windows efforts are, I still haven't particularly enjoyed the day-to-day experience of using any of them. It's been death by a
by frou_dh 8y ago
Worthwhile as the various Unix-in-Windows efforts are, I still haven't particularly enjoyed the day-to-day experience of using any of them. It's been death by a thousand cuts that accumulate.
- nnq 8y agoAgree. The user experience of just running stock Ubuntu is so much better than Window 10 + WSL... Just reboot to Win when needing to do some gaming, graphics/video editing or excell voodoo and that's it. Same as with Emacs and VIM, don't get the people using Emacs with Viper. I just use Emacs with default shortcuts for Org-mode, then VIM as usual. Hybrid experiences always suck, and rebooting, changing apps, or changing the computer you use helps you focus on doing one thing at a time anyway!
- wvenable 8y agoUnlike the other poster below, I completely replaced my Ubuntu VM with WSL. The first version was a little rough but since then I haven't had any compatibility problems -- I can run all my exotic command line tools and even a few X apps (including QEMU emulators for embedded work).
- tjoff 8y agoI replaced putty on day one, it is part of my workflow ever since and I use it more and more each day. WSL is probably the most used "application" on my workstation. What do you find it is lacking?