Re:German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux
by terminalcommand on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @04:07PM
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I tried to switch back to Windows numerous times, each time I hated that I can't just spawn a terminal window and do things on CLI. It is not impossible, but it doesn't feel right for me. Maybe if I were more acquainted with .NET libraries and powershell, I could achieve similar proficiency.
I feel like I am being suffocated when I'm using windows for development. My current solution is to keep a windows laptop for browsing/light gaming/travel, keep a Linux desktop for programming.
But we probably feel this way because we know Linux and many things are incorporated in our muscle memory. If we spent nearly equal time on Windows, it could be hard to switch back.
Re:German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux
by apta on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @05:36PM
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You can run Linux on Windows, so you get the best of both worlds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux
Re:German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux
by terminalcommand on Thursday June 04, 2020 @02:14AM
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Last time I tried SBCL didn’t work. Emacs also acted funny under powershell’s terminal emulator. I guess it’s better now with WSL2.
Re:German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux
by apta on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @05:37PM
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> I can't imagine not being able to cut videos on the cli with ffmpeg,
You can still do that on Windows: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux
Re:German city wants to ditch Microsoft for Linux
by rjeli on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @07:15PM
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and when I want to `ffmpeg -c:v h264_nvenc`?
...yeah, I realize the hypocrisy of preaching about open software and using nvidia... but it's definitely not seamless
I have friends who do macOS or iOS dev (I don't know many win devs), and it's strange to hear them complain that Apple "won't let them" do something (distribute unsigned binaries, etc). It's my computer, I would never let someone prevent me from using it!