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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 year ago (28 children)

People will do anything to avoid installing "linux"...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I just spent 2 hours trying and failing to get a Hello, World! in Eclipse, I'm not brave enough for Linux

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depending on what you want to do the one does not imply the other. (And some times coding actually is easier on Linux, I had a way better experience compiling my c++ projects there then my friend had on windows)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's easy to compile things in Windows! First, set up WSL ...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s easy to compile things in Windows! First, set up WSL …

Yep, echo "Hello World!" works just as well in WSL as under native Linux.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Are you bashing bash?

No, I'm making fun of anybody who claims that outputting Hello World on Linux is somehow complicated.

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