Re:macOS no longer allows changing wifi mac address
by clessg on Sunday October 06, 2019 @12:55PM
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How does the WSL compare to full-blown Linux/macOS these days?
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Re:macOS no longer allows changing wifi mac address
by rdiddly on Sunday October 06, 2019 @01:08PM
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Not really a viable replacement if you rely on X11 or any GUI stuff. If you're content in a command shell you can do a lot though and it integrates nicely with the environment.
Re:macOS no longer allows changing wifi mac address
by the8472 on Sunday October 06, 2019 @01:03PM
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Can't run perf or docker in wsl1. wsl2 is a linux vm with better host integration than usual due to the guest tools from microsoft.
Re:macOS no longer allows changing wifi mac address
by bproven on Sunday October 06, 2019 @03:13PM
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WSL2 might be better when it gets released in final form, but when I used WSL it was better than cygwin etc but still a PITA to deal with.
Personally I think Linux (Fedora or Ubuntu) on Lenovo Thinkpads - esp X1 Carbons is the best option.
Re:macOS no longer allows changing wifi mac address
by zelly on Sunday October 06, 2019 @02:42PM
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It's a better alternative to Cygwin, but Cygwin wasn't all that useful before. There are just too many differences between Linux and Windows. You are better off using Windows as a thin client SSHing into a remote Linux session.