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Re:Creating my awesome Windows 10 dev setup by Arainach on Saturday January 30, 2021 @02:33AM (#25967092)
My thoughts on this previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25425365

I have to fight against Linux to do standard desktop environment GUI things, while Windows just works for the most part. The rough edges of Windows are essentially all covered by the Windows Subsystem for Linux.

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Re:Creating my awesome Windows 10 dev setup by jiggawatts on Saturday January 30, 2021 @03:15AM (#25967301)
This exactly.

What most Linux people say when they say that they want the "Linux development environment" they mean some shell tools. Shell tools that are now available under Windows with better "fidelity" than under MacOS.

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