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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Dealing with Linux for 2 decades doesn't make you and expert in modern Linux. It just makes you old.

Even leaving Linux for a few years means that you get behind. I had to explain to a coworker what Wayland was because he hasn't used Linux in years.

If WSL works for you that's great but here are the issues I've had

  • weird networking issues where Windows can access Linux but Linux can not access Windows without lots of work.

  • any advanced networking like VPN's will not work

  • It is slow and requires working virtualization

  • Filesystem sharing is not as easy as I would like

  • It is a bit finicky to get working and requires a bunch of disk space and resources.

Meanwhile native Linux doesn't have these issues and git bash/cygwin is almost native in the sense that it has little overhead. Architectural perspective Cygwin is a lot like Wine. It just translates Linux calls to Windows ones.

If you need Windows I would run it in a VM under Linux as that's going to be a much better experience.

[–] GhiLA 2 points 1 day ago

You don't have to know what Wayland is, it isn't necessary in the least.

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Without doxxing myself, I promise you I know more about linux than you do and I'm not saying windows is better, you silly fuck, I am saying it's more stable. I don't even recommend using either as a server when BSD is better at stability than both OS combined.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

No, just a random internet idiot.