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WSL is a great feature and was a part of Windows 10.
by fancyfredbot 5mo ago
WSL is a great feature and was a part of Windows 10.
- wokkel 5mo agoSo you install an launcher to run linux. Ditch the launcher i'd say.
- embedding-shape 5mo agoWSL1 seemed great, until it wasn't. Then WSL2 came along, which is just a VM and works identical to VirtualBox et al. Still huge hassle to deal with various things that get confused when you run it in a "Linux-but-not-really-but-also-Windows" environment. Better to just go straight to what you actually want, which seems to be a proper Linux distribution, everything just works as expected then.
- mdavid626 5mo agoWSL sounded great, until it didn’t. It’s still not so easy to use, plus they ditched it anyway for VM solution.
- realo 5mo agoWSL 1 was a piece of garbage. WSL 2 is supposed to be a VM ... all problems solved ... until they aren't. Hint: try to use normal USB stuff natively (Linux) in WSL 2 ...
- heresie-dabord 5mo agoFor all its problems, WSL is the single greatest power feature that Windows has ever had. Debian itself is a superpower.