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Re:Try Linux by squidofbits on Monday May 25, 2020 @09:00AM (#23300507)
Apart from the fact Linux has total customisability, a working search function, doesn't spy on its users, has programs to run Windows apps, isn't anti-consumer, and of course is free.
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Re:Try Linux by sfifs on Monday May 25, 2020 @09:05AM (#23300561)
Maybe you missed the part where I said I was Linux exclusive for a decade plus. For me the trade-offs aren't worth it anymore - I'm mainly interested in a Linux programming environment. I'm sure the trade-offs are different for others.
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Re:Try Linux by de_watcher on Monday May 25, 2020 @09:27AM (#23300811)
Linux programming environment is a desktop distribution. Maybe WSL has some part of it, but a VM is a VM.
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Re:Try Linux by zihotki on Monday May 25, 2020 @12:33PM (#23302582)
> VM is a VM If it runs fast so you can barely notice any difference with WSL2, does it really matters?
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Re:Try Linux by de_watcher on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @02:30AM (#23308051)
Hardware abstraction. AFAIK WSL2 also even uses a non-standard init system.
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