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How is WSL making GNU/Linux distros irrelevant? I've been running Windows apps on my system for maybe 15 years with Wine but somehow that hasn't made Windows ir
by southerntofu 5y ago
How is WSL making GNU/Linux distros irrelevant? I've been running Windows apps on my system for maybe 15 years with Wine but somehow that hasn't made Windows irrelevant, in spite of my best wishes.
- hota_mazi 5y agoIt makes running Linux as a primary OS irrelevant. Linux on the desktop has always been a joke, but it's even more irrelevant now. You run Windows as your main development OS and when you're ready to deploy your app to Linux, you launch WSL or run a CI/CD pipeline. But there is now zero reason to ever run Linux as the main OS on your desktop.
- southerntofu 5y ago> But there is now zero reason to ever run Linux as the main OS on your desktop. s/Linux/Windows/ /s More seriously, i don't understand your point. Just because you're happy with Microsoft's practices doesn't mean free distros are all "a joke" or "irrelevant". Many people use GNU/Linux as a daily driver and we're more than satisfied. Personal opinion: i just don't understand the appeal for Windows. MacOS at least has some design/UX guidelines which you can like or dislike but they're consistent about... Windows has just so many anti-patterns i don't have enough fingers to count. The only times i ever needed windows was because of phone-related crapware, and even then Wine was more than enough. Why would i need Windows at all?