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I use a Thinkpad Windows 10 but am lost at work without the CLI of a unix variant. Current solution is adding memory and a VM of linux because work wont let m
by geggam 8y ago
I use a Thinkpad Windows 10 but am lost at work without the CLI of a unix variant. Current solution is adding memory and a VM of linux because work wont let me get rid of their managed OS. ( Powershell is better but it is not a unix shell and WSL isn't all there yet )
I wont be buying a new Mac.
- estsauver 8y agoI've been happy being on linux.
- thibautg 8y agoHave you tried git bash?
- wishinghand 8y agoWhat sort of speed hit will you take developing on a Linux VM? I’m thinking of heading that way.
- Macha 8y agoIt depends. I used a similar setup for a while, and the performance overhead of the VM was less than the impact of the endpoint protection software intercepting file access when developing directly on the Mac. Very noticeable on stuff like watching JS files or IDE indexing.
- aonic 8y agoWindows 10 has the Linux subsystem feature now. You can have a Linux CLI without a VM :)
- geggam 8y agothat would be the WSL I said isnt quite ready for what I do yet
- nl 8y agoI believed this until I bought a cheap laptop Windows laptop to try it. It works, technically. But it lacks all kinds of integration with core Windows, to the point where you can't run VS.Code against Python files in the WSL world. It's easier to run a VM and sync files over SSH, sadly.