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WSL is actually worse than people think it is , I tried doing android via using wsl and wanted to run emulator , the amount of work you have to put and still the result you get is sub norminal. And this was in my job which made the matter even worse because my boss thought I was slacking .
When using WSL, be sure to not mention anything about that when reporting bugs because that'll just confuse the issue for the maintainers. They like having that casually mentioned about 20 messages into the troubleshooting process.
Pff, issue reports should ask for the output of 'uname -ar'. It clearly shows its wsl as wsl runs a special kernel
I don't think anyone is a "wsl user" so much as they've found themselves in a position where the lowest friction solution is utilizing wsl for a given situation.
Around 2019, even up until like 2022 if you wanted to run docker in windows, that was how to do it.
I learned the shell in wsl before I switched to Linux full time. I wasn't trying to learn it intentionally. Just didn't want to develop software on windows. It's a great gateway drug that reduces friction by a lot.
The terminal is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.
Itβs not a story the Vibe Coders would tell you
Pretty much my situation. Work stuff, Windows machine, but Linux/Docker workflow and I refuse to let go of my POSIX shell.
Look what they have to do to mimic a fraction of our power
WSL is cool when you first use it then you realize it actually kind of sucks
This sort of elitism really hurts adoption
How? WSL is absolutely awful for adoption. Theres no GUI, it bearly runs GUI apps, and you have to manually configure it. If my first experience with Linux was WSL I would never touch Linux again.
This pleb thinks we should listen to them. Frankly, this neighborhood is done for!
When someone ask for help with a Linux issue: π€©
It's a wsl bug: π€
Me looking disgusted at myself in the mirror, for I am doomed towards eternal Microsoft-dependency at work.
Still better than cygwin
Most WSL users I know all run Linux at home; WSL is the best they can get at work.
Small blessings. Seeing a WSL user means that some dev out there didn't have to implement Windows support.
fuck it
run windows in a virtual machine in Linux, then run wsl within it.
Yea..... But I have 3 Linux VMs running in Hyper-V. That counts for something right?
It is honestly better
it's a unix system on top of a windows system; i know this!
Yo dawg...
Born to Gentoo+i3, forced (by work) to WSL
I tried to get the *arr stack running on it at one point, using Docker.
Do not do this. Just install the Windows apps. Yes, it's a mess. Yes, they work.
Windows users when they see a wine user???
I'm glad wsl exists so I don't have to bother with windows and people can still run my programs.
I still don't know what WSL is for.
To keep developers on the platform, because their own ecosystem is shit.
Windows Stolen Linux
Run Linux stuff on Windows.
A big use case is development with Docker containers.
I only use Windows because I have to work with a corporation's IT helpdesk staff to get on their VPN if I want to do contract work for them. They are not likely to help me get connected from Linux; they'll just find another contract dev. Once in, I do everything in Linux because my code will ultimately run in a Linux cloud container of some sort. WSL works well enough for me to do this. I'd rather have Linux on bare metal, but whatever. I'm in; I'm coding; I'm getting paid. I'll put up with a little bit of suck.