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Re:Initial preview of GUI app support for the Windows Subsys... by ohmyzee on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @05:40PM (#26895796)
I've always found it to be 99% there. But that 1% prevents you from doing any serious work. Things like mongo become a nightmare when using WSL. Its been entirely frustrating for me. I would have much rather they focused on getting popular libraries to work rather than focus on the flashy GUI features
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Re:Initial preview of GUI app support for the Windows Subsys... by 0x38B on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @06:10PM (#26896069)
Yes. On my Surface Go 2, WSL2 got me 99% of the way there, but having to forward my ADB port (for KaiOS dev) and then other issues (unresponsive X apps on resume) led me to install Arch and then wipe Windows.

More specifically: i3 helps me make better use of my limited 10.5" screen AND my limited RAM & CPU. Plus, 'composing' my own desktop environment has advantages: with the help of i3's wonderful docs, customizing things to fit me is easy: foreign city's time next to local? Done. A custom brightness command whose intervals I can adjust? Check.

I loved WSL2 until I discovered the speed of my Arch + i3 install.

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Re:Initial preview of GUI app support for the Windows Subsys... by waheoo on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @06:52PM (#26896407)
I used to think i3 was only going to be useful on my small laptop screen.. then I got dual monitors.. it's so nice having such control over my windows.
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Re:Initial preview of GUI app support for the Windows Subsys... by kumarharsh on Thursday April 22, 2021 @04:41AM (#26900339)
While not a direct counterpart to i3, I'd recommend taking a look at FancyZones in the Power Toys project: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys
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Re:Initial preview of GUI app support for the Windows Subsys... by johnchristopher on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @05:46PM (#26895852)
Isn't it easier to simply run Linux anyway? Either in a VM or barebone?
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