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> Today, I still write .net code (for a different employer) and I can barely tell whether I’m on Windows or Linux. One of the most interesting and nicest outco
by politelemon 3y ago
> Today, I still write .net code (for a different employer) and I can barely tell whether I’m on Windows or Linux.
One of the most interesting and nicest outcomes of this has been wsl2, which has made Linux development in enterprises available, and palatable to policies and security requirements. While keeping that nice seamless experience. Without it my only choices were a mediocre experience directly on windows with its odd choices, or a mediocre experience with "we have UNIX at home" on macos with its handwaved away deficiencies.
- rr808 3y agoI'm curious how many corporates allow WSL2. I've worked for two since it was released and neither permitted it. I guess virus scanning is too hard?
- aninteger 3y agoThey have attempted to remove it here but Docker really works much better when WSL2 is present (or maybe Docker and WSL2 share the same technology underneath). My employer has been trying to remove docker as well but it's sort of a requirement for development.
- rr808 3y agoyeah no docker for us.
- asp_hornet 3y agoThis is an interesting take considering Microsoft's entire ecosystem feels like "we have open source at home"
- tracker1 3y agoI think WSL2 makes Windows far more tolerable. The VS Code remote development extensions integrated nicely and docker+compose is a treat to be sure. I'm not sure I could go back to using Windows without it... I'm fine running Mac or Linux though.