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You could get all those features and more in Windows, plus you have wsl2 :)

by sirjaz 4y ago

rufugee 4y ago
And you'd have...Windows. That's a LOT of baggage IMHO.
froh42 4y ago
Yep. WSL and WSL2 are great. I used Windows with WSL, upgrade to WSL2 then noticed I don't need the "Windows" part of the system anymore and WSL2 cross-boundary file access is slow, so I deleted Windows and finally installed Linux again on my work laptop. (Used Linux up to 2007, bought a Mac, another Mac, switched to Windows after Apple locked down the system because "Windows has WSL, so I can do my work stuff" and switched back to Linux due to a slow Filesystem under Windows - for my use case). The only thing that pisses me off, is that the MS-Teams client for Linux is roughly 5 decades behind the Windows client, feature and stability-wise. (And still have Windows on my private laptop for Fusion360 and games)
29athrowaway 4y ago
If I wanted a duct-taped inconsistent UI, with advertising, "telemetry", forced updates when I am in the middle of something important, 30 min software installations and being the target of most existing malware on planet Earth and spending 10 min to copy a file, by all means I would use Windows. With Windows, put simply, you don't own your computer. I haven't used Windows in over a decade and cannot be happier about it. Windows at this point is a games console for keyboard and mouse games. Nobody uses Windows for anything serious, except old ATMs running Windows 95 and airports that want to embarrass themselves with blue screens of death. Most of the stuff on Azure including Azure itself is Linux based. Also, I hate Hungarian notation.
ketzu 4y ago
While I like windows, I don't think it has native "always on top" support.
- tom_ 4y ago
  There is a specific per-window style bit for it, that you can set with the Always On Top Power Toy: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/always-on-top https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/always-on...
  - ketzu 4y ago
    I didn't know the power toys, thank you for the info.
darkwater 4y ago
Plus a bonus shitload of tracking and advertising in the Start menu
gabrielgio 4y ago
And that comes with all other sorts of lack of customization as well. Wsl is good, but I prefer the not handicapped linux version :)

You could get all those features and more in Windows, plus you have wsl2 :)

by sirjaz 4y ago

You could get all those features and more in Windows, plus you have wsl2 :)

rufugee 4y ago

And you'd have...Windows. That's a LOT of baggage IMHO.

froh42 4y ago

Yep. WSL and WSL2 are great. I used Windows with WSL, upgrade to WSL2 then noticed I don't need the "Windows" part of the system anymore and WSL2 cross-boundary file access is slow, so I deleted Windows and finally installed Linux again on my work laptop. (Used Linux up to 2007, bought a Mac, another Mac, switched to Windows after Apple locked down the system because "Windows has WSL, so I can do my work stuff" and switched back to Linux due to a slow Filesystem under Windows - for my use case). The only thing that pisses me off, is that the MS-Teams client for Linux is roughly 5 decades behind the Windows client, feature and stability-wise. (And still have Windows on my private laptop for Fusion360 and games)

29athrowaway 4y ago

If I wanted a duct-taped inconsistent UI, with advertising, "telemetry", forced updates when I am in the middle of something important, 30 min software installations and being the target of most existing malware on planet Earth and spending 10 min to copy a file, by all means I would use Windows. With Windows, put simply, you don't own your computer. I haven't used Windows in over a decade and cannot be happier about it. Windows at this point is a games console for keyboard and mouse games. Nobody uses Windows for anything serious, except old ATMs running Windows 95 and airports that want to embarrass themselves with blue screens of death. Most of the stuff on Azure including Azure itself is Linux based. Also, I hate Hungarian notation.

ketzu 4y ago

While I like windows, I don't think it has native "always on top" support.

tom_ 4y ago
There is a specific per-window style bit for it, that you can set with the Always On Top Power Toy: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/always-on-top https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/always-on...
- ketzu 4y ago
  I didn't know the power toys, thank you for the info.

darkwater 4y ago

Plus a bonus shitload of tracking and advertising in the Start menu

gabrielgio 4y ago

And that comes with all other sorts of lack of customization as well. Wsl is good, but I prefer the not handicapped linux version :)