Part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux

Re:Part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux by DeathArrow on Sunday October 10, 2021 @03:51AM (#28816611)

I used Linux since 2000. While I made countless tries to make it usable as a desktop, I had been forced to recognize long time ago that for me it isn't a good enough experience.

It alway needed lots of time to configure things to make it half decent, the configuration would broke from time to time. Some software which I want to use either runs poorly using Wine, either can't be run at all.

I am much more comfortable using Windows as a desktop and WSL has eliminated the need to dual boot or use a Linux VM.

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Re:Part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux by erhk on Sunday October 10, 2021 @05:49AM (#28817134)

A lot has changed even in the past few years. The small bits of windows software which I was bound to is now covered by things like lutris

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Re:Part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux by raffraffraff on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @09:21AM (#28839307)

I've been using xfce for about 10 years, and recently I've stopped customising it. I don't care about the theme, backgrounds etc. All I do is configured a single panel on the top of the screen and install plank. I have a few keyboard shortcuts for window tiling, and that's it. I haven't used Windows in a long time, so I'll be honest and say "I don't know what I'm missing", but I'm willing to bet that it ain't much, especially in return for what I get out of Linux. Maybe I should give it a go?

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Re:Part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux by bshipp on Sunday October 10, 2021 @10:25AM (#28818664)

I also used system for a number of activities that are unavailable in Linux and rely on WSL to give me a reasonable facsimile to a nix box.

I loved the new WSL2 upgrades but rolled back because I simply couldn't do the rest of my work as quickly in Windows 11. Forcing the grouping of apps on the Taskbar was major productivity hit for me, as was the simplified context menu in Explorer.

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Re:Part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux by ForHackernews on Sunday October 10, 2021 @03:57AM (#28816636)

Isn't WSL v2 another flavour of Linux VM?

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Re:Part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux by DeathArrow on Sunday October 10, 2021 @04:11AM (#28816696)

Sure it is. But it is better integrated with Windows Desktop. I don't have to start and manage the VM. It's seamless.

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