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I recently migrated to Windows from MacOS and have found the following paid apps really helpful: 1. [Pengwin](https://www.whitewaterfoundry.com/ https://www.wh
by rtodea 6y ago
I recently migrated to Windows from MacOS and have found the following paid apps really helpful:
1. [Pengwin](https://www.whitewaterfoundry.com/ https://www.whitewaterfoundry.com/) - a customized Debian distribution with helpful scripts for setting up a dev environment
2. [X410](https://x410.dev/ https://x410.dev/) - a customized X11 Server
They made all the setup really easy.
I reuse some of the scripts from Penguin in the Ubuntu distribution.
One caveat for those who want to try WSL2, which is available if you subscribe to Windows Insider program, is the instability.
Some times, after an update, your WSL will not start.
After some restarts everything is back to normal.
- neogodless 6y agoIs the instability related to one of the above apps? I've been using WSL2 for at least six months without that issue.
- rtodea 6y agoI don't think so. I blame it on being on the Dev release channel. To be honest I thought I had to be on the latest and greatest to take benefit of WSL2.
- Jonnax 6y agoWSL2 became available outside of insider builds in version 1903 which came out May 2019. I have not experienced WSL2 a not starting issue at all and I use it every day this year. Also what benefit does Pengwin have apart from X server? I use the Ubuntu image and I've had no issues.
- rtodea 6y agoFor me it really helped to copy and paste the commands related to the X server. For instance I had a small issue with the scale of the applications. In Windows I have 250% (recommended) scaling applied. ``` export QT_SCALE_FACTOR=2.5 export GDK_SCALE=$(echo "(${QT_SCALE_FACTOR} + 0.49) / 1" | bc) #Round ```
- Ayesh 6y agoI sometimes get wsl2 to be not responsive too, but you can force shutdown ask (WSL --shutdown) that solves most problems except networking.