GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets are blocked

Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by uncledave on Monday January 11, 2021 @09:02AM (#25728933)

Yeah I've got a hefty PC here too running Windows. WSL2 is wonderful until you get your first Hyper-V bugcheck, filesystem corruption or weird ass network issue to debug. It's really not very good. I used it from day one and WSL1 before that which was even more horrible (NT impedance mismatch was obvious)

The compromise for me before migrating to Mac was using Windows on the desktop with Ubuntu VMs in Virtualbox. I had whole clusters running on my desktop.

Windows 10 is fairly decent on most hardware I have found. If they finished off all the little quality issues, had a decently integrated mobile ecosystem and stopped all the telemetry bullshit I'd be there now. I had some hope back in 2015ish when I was full time windows desktop dev with WP handset etc. Alas the world moved on so I dug the old Unix hat out.

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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by 1_player on Monday January 11, 2021 @09:15AM (#25729063)

Mac is great, I would use it full time if Jobs and Apple hadn't decided gaming is for kids. It's my hobby, especially now that I'm locked home, and being unable to play the latest PC game is an unacceptable compromise for me. No, a console is not what I'm looking for.

So in that case, Windows is the best compromise. And while I'm still in the proprietary world, I'm outside the walled garden.

In any case, I haven't hit any WSL2 bug or corruption in these 6 months (nor blue screen), so fingers crossed.

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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by uncledave on Monday January 11, 2021 @11:20AM (#25731031)

Yes I keep my PC for games as well.

I wish you continued fortune with WSL2.

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