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The only reason I'm sticking to my Macbook is the Linux based kernal, which makes it easier for me to use the command line, install NodeJS, build an application
by envolt 7y ago
The only reason I'm sticking to my Macbook is the Linux based kernal, which makes it easier for me to use the command line, install NodeJS, build an application, install Redis Server on my local.
Though everything can be done in Windows, it's not easy to do so.
I specifically remember trying to install Redis on Windows and had to give up after the end of the day. Ended up creating a server and installing Redis on that on AWS.
Also, people are complaining that Microsoft once said "Linux is Cancer" at some point. A lot has changed since then. Ubuntu was released after that which IMO helped to adopt Linux by an end user.
- chx 7y agoWhat did I just read. MacBook userspace is derived from NetBSD. The kernel is so far removed from BSD UNIX it's not worth even mentioning. This link you commented on points to the kernel used in WSL2 which gives you a full Linux under Windows. Unlike Mac where you probably will use homebrew to install Unix packages, this is a full, unadultered Linux machine. Even WSL1 allowed you to install anything from Ubuntu although some (very, very few!) didn't run, most importantly (for us) some debuggers.
- andreapaiola 7y agoLOL: MacOS is not Linux
- fbn79 7y agoMacOS don't have a Linux based Kernel. It's based on Darwin that comes from BSD.