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When WSL2 first came out, some losers on /g/ were cheering that it would "make Linux obsolete". Four years later, I think it's safe to say they were kinda missing the point. (vlemmy.net)
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[–] Sestren 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

I don't understand the pointless hate over wsl. Sure, it doesn't replace Linux. It also doesn't have to... Just having access to basic nix functionality from a windows desktop is still a useful feature. It makes stuff like putty mostly obsolete. It let's windows users unpack tarballs without 7zip. It let's developers play video games while "compiling". It's just an all-around convenient tool to have.

Maybe Microsoft wanted it to replace the Linux desktop, but since when has anyone really cared about what Microsoft wanted :P

[–] Madmaddy 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I don't see what the big deal is. I won't be switching from Windows anytime soon, for various reasons, but I very much appreciate being able to have access to a local linux environment without having to dual boot.

[–] NewBrainWhoThis 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

WSL + Docker is all I need :-)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Seriously, with the VSCode integration to control everything from your IDE.

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