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I used a windows computer this week for the first time in years. I was really happy with WSL and how well integrated it was, in particular how easy it was to se

I used a windows computer this week for the first time in years. I was really happy with WSL and how well integrated it was, in particular how easy it was to setup GPU drivers which historically I've found is very touchy. I hate to say it but windows+wsl felt like a viable alternative for my current setup of a mac for office apps and a linux laptop for development. That said, the only times I really interacted with windows was to install chrome (despite various pleading), to have it automatically bing search for whatever the screen background was when I logged in (only fell for that once), to have random news and other crap pop up, and to have to turn off the speaker because it kept making notification noises about whatever useless stuff it constantly is notifying you about. As someone who is easily distracted, I don't know how people can work in windows, it always felt like it's not made for me, it's made for microsoft to push stuff at me. But for people who are less touchy it seems decent these days, particularly in light of wsl.

drpossum 3y ago
I did Windows/WSL for years and have bailed. No amount of integration or functionality will ever make me put up with the user-hostile and attention-thieving design of Windows 11. I'd stop using computers completely if I had no other option.
deprecative 3y ago
> As someone who is easily distracted, I don't know how people can work in windows, it always felt like it's not made for me, it's made for microsoft to push stuff at me. But for people who are less touchy it seems decent these days, particularly in light of wsl. For what it's worth I find disabling all of that nonsense once, usually with a script, far more conducive to my work experience than having MacOS randomly shut off every USB port every handful of minutes and costing the organs of my first born for mediocre hardware.
patmorgan23 3y ago
If you want office apps have you tried a windows virtual box VM in seamless mode? It puts application windows into your Linux DE rather than showing you the whole windows desktop. (Kinda like a Remote Desktop Services remoteApp)
danaris 3y ago
I'm curious as to why you find WSL superior to the fully-native macOS command line as a replacement for "Linux for development", when you already have a Mac...?

drpossum 3y ago

I did Windows/WSL for years and have bailed. No amount of integration or functionality will ever make me put up with the user-hostile and attention-thieving design of Windows 11. I'd stop using computers completely if I had no other option.

deprecative 3y ago

> As someone who is easily distracted, I don't know how people can work in windows, it always felt like it's not made for me, it's made for microsoft to push stuff at me. But for people who are less touchy it seems decent these days, particularly in light of wsl. For what it's worth I find disabling all of that nonsense once, usually with a script, far more conducive to my work experience than having MacOS randomly shut off every USB port every handful of minutes and costing the organs of my first born for mediocre hardware.

patmorgan23 3y ago

If you want office apps have you tried a windows virtual box VM in seamless mode? It puts application windows into your Linux DE rather than showing you the whole windows desktop. (Kinda like a Remote Desktop Services remoteApp)

danaris 3y ago

I'm curious as to why you find WSL superior to the fully-native macOS command line as a replacement for "Linux for development", when you already have a Mac...?