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Re:Video Pros Moving from Mac to Windows for High-End GPUs by wlesieutre on Friday February 24, 2017 @10:26AM (#13724448)
Have you tried the Windows Subsystem for Linux? You might be able to get by without a separate Linux install.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux

Re:Video Pros Moving from Mac to Windows for High-End GPUs by slantyyz on Friday February 24, 2017 @10:58AM (#13724767)
>> Have you tried the Windows Subsystem for Linux? You might be able to get by without a separate Linux install.

I have been meaning to Subsystem for Linux that since they announced it, but Cmder (Conemu) has been so working well for me that I have gotten too complacent to even try it. Cmder was the one thing for me when I switched to Mac that truly made the transition painless -- I thought I would hate not having OSX Terminal. I don't do super advanced unix shell stuff, and it was just perfect.

Re:Video Pros Moving from Mac to Windows for High-End GPUs by phaed on Friday February 24, 2017 @02:34PM (#13726918)
You can run WSL inside Conemu.
Re:Video Pros Moving from Mac to Windows for High-End GPUs by slantyyz on Friday February 24, 2017 @02:46PM (#13727049)
Yes, but Conemu already provides access to a lot of unix-y tools.

If your needs are already being met, it's sometimes hard to make time to play with something that does the same.

Re:Video Pros Moving from Mac to Windows for High-End GPUs by hermitdev on Friday February 24, 2017 @12:06PM (#13725454)
I've been using it since it was available on the insider fast ring.

It works pretty well for command-line use. If you need X at all, you're probably SOL.

I've been doing mostly C++ & Python development. I've run into a couple of issues around networking and a couple of UI issues. The UI issues have been fixed after I reported an issue on GitHub.

All in all, it's been a fairing great experience, and the developers have been very responsive to issues reported on GitHub.

Re:Video Pros Moving from Mac to Windows for High-End GPUs by Certhas on Friday February 24, 2017 @10:41AM (#13724606)
Not yet, but I'm following it closely. Currently I don't have a Windows install on any of my work machines, so it's something I will evaluate when I update computers next.