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I'm a developer, too. But I find it's easier for me to just use native Linux without all the MSFT cruft getting in the way. Just like I reckon WINE is useless,
by simonblack 7y ago
I'm a developer, too. But I find it's easier for me to just use native Linux without all the MSFT cruft getting in the way.
Just like I reckon WINE is useless, too. And for pretty much the same reasons.
If you want to use Windows, use Windows.
If you want to use Linux, use Linux.
If you want to use both at the same time, then you might get away with using a pure Linux guest on a Windows host, or a pure Windows guest on a Linux host, using VMWare or VirtualBox. But these hybrids (WINE and WSL) are the worst of both worlds.
- liamcardenas 7y agoWell, if you are resorting to VMWare/VirtualBox -- you might as well use WSL, since it's just a VM optimized for OS integration. Wine, OTOH, is a runtime, not a VM... and I've personally never been able to get it to work (I'm sure this speaks to my lack of knowledge more than the merits of the project). I've had issues with WSL, but it's not really comparable.
- detaro 7y agoI disagree. Both WSL and Wine are immensely useful to use some tools from the other world in your workflow without having to shuffle data between the two or adding overhead for simple tasks. I encounter tools that only exist for one (or are a real hassle to build for the other) often enough for this to be useful. I wouldn't do development that's primarily for the other platform with them though.
- anoncake 7y agoNo one uses Wine because they want to use Windows, they use it because they don't
- rbanffy 7y ago> If you want to use Windows, use Windows. Or get a Windows VM. > If you want to use Linux, use Linux. Then get a Linux VM. Simple. Easily solved.