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I just moved from MacOS to Windows for development last month to try it out. Software migration was seamless, but driver issues and this reboot problem is nuts.
by vinhboy 6y ago
I just moved from MacOS to Windows for development last month to try it out. Software migration was seamless, but driver issues and this reboot problem is nuts.
For the last week, every morning I wake up, all my editors, terminals, servers, etc... are closed because it rebooted.
There is an entire stackoverflow thread on hacks to avoid it because there is no official way to prevent it.
I thought my Macbook Pro was bad usb-c issues were bad, this thing is worse!
- aszen 6y agoWindows is ultimately not good for development, yes there is wsl2 but that can't manage your actual operating system. You end up having to do things twice on such setups. So while being more flexible they ultimately mean more maintenance. For a developer doing anything in Linux is simply one right command way, you manage the desktop the same way you manage your servers. Driver issues are way less common for older stable hardware.
- realusername 6y agoThey have made a lot of effort on improving the platform though, I changed my opinion about developing on Windows from "unmanageable" as it was before to just "not great" now. I would still not use it for a dev machine but the improvements are there and visible.
- munchbunny 6y agoIf this is your personal computer, go into the settings and set updates to manual install. Then set yourself a calendar reminder for the second Tuesday of each month and do a manual update and restart on that day. That should get you past most of the forced update reboots, because it’s usually “patch Tuesday” updates that force reboots. Not saying this is a good thing or excuse for the behavior. It’s just how you can get past the particular issue.