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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Is the Windows Subsystem for Linux worth it? (self.linux)

submitted 1 year ago by Resol to c/[email protected]

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I've had a pretty poor experience with it myself, so I wanna see what the Linux community thinks about this.

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[–] aaaa 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

WSL has replaced my use of the command prompt in Windows for anything (and I used it more than most, I think).

In my job, I develop Linux applications to support industrial automation, and WSL is capable of building and running most of what I make. It isn't a full Linux machine, and can behave unexpectedly when trying to do things like changing certain network configurations.

So it's great for what it's for, really. But if you want a full VM, this isn't really for that.

[–] Resol 1 points 1 year ago

Point taken.