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> WSL is good enough for most things. WSL1 is good for maybe 50% of things I tried - as it has rudimentary or nonexistent support for some syscalls - eg more a
by jagrsw 4y ago
> WSL is good enough for most things.
WSL1 is good for maybe 50% of things I tried - as it has rudimentary or nonexistent support for some syscalls - eg more advanced ptrace() commands are not supported, similarly not all clone() options work. And it's just the beginning of problems
It's good for stdio/net code, but code which makes use of more arcane OS functionalities will frequently break.
- antioedipus 4y agoAlso, why run all of Microsoft’s spyware and deal with their forced updates just so you can get through to a slightly slower and less compatible version of Linux.
- semicolon_storm 4y agoSimple answer, being forced to use Windows as the primary OS by corporate policy.
- wmf 4y agoYou know WSL2 has been out for some time, right?