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Under the hood macOS is Unix though... so there is a lot to be said for that. I can run tools like sed, awk, grep right out of the box. As someone who is in a s
by whalesalad 3y ago
Under the hood macOS is Unix though... so there is a lot to be said for that. I can run tools like sed, awk, grep right out of the box. As someone who is in a shell 24x7 on multiple remote linux servers it is nice to also have a very similar experience within my local desktop environment.
- Tijdreiziger 3y agoSo then you just `wsl --install` and you get a proper Linux distribution. Also get the Windows Terminal from the store and you're off to the races. I honestly consider this a better experience compared to Apple's BSD tools and lack of first-party package manager.
- whalesalad 3y agoif you enjoy using windows, sure this is a perfectly valid option.
- hulitu 3y ago> So then you just `wsl --install` and you get a proper Linux distribution. You mean `wsl --install` will install Slackware on my computer ? /s