Re:Why I'm Switching from Mac to Windows (2009-2018)
by odiroot on Sunday December 09, 2018 @09:45AM
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It's the opposite for me: Linux (first Gentoo, now Ubuntu) with Windows in a VM for specific apps (tax software, AoE 2 etc.) I'm super satisfied with such setup for last 10+ years.
Re:Why I'm Switching from Mac to Windows (2009-2018)
by vtesucks on Sunday December 09, 2018 @07:30AM
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And OneNote which was hands down the only thing keeping me on windows until wsl came along.
Re:Why I'm Switching from Mac to Windows (2009-2018)
by projectramo on Sunday December 09, 2018 @09:36AM
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I love OneNote too so I have to ask: what is WSL?
Re:Why I'm Switching from Mac to Windows (2009-2018)
by vtesucks on Sunday December 09, 2018 @09:46AM
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Microsoft if you're reading this this is your fault for not marketing enough.
WSL is windows subsystem for Linux. Think of it like this- say you have an 'ls' binary from UNIX machine. You have WSL enabled on your machine in Windows. Windows will start the ls process and the UNIX calls will be handles in windows. (the kernel has mappings).
It's possible, and actually its wonderful experience, to run full "linux" environment right from windows at native speed.
It's not perfect and one of the biggest issues has been file system speed but besides that and some other smaller issues its the absolute best of both worlds- OneNote + excel + outlook + i3
Some might consider it better if you need to use excel (one of the greatest pieces of software ever)