WSL2 can now mount Linux ext4 disks directly

Re:WSL2 can now mount Linux ext4 disks directly by csdvrx on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @12:51PM (#29164881)

> I must be the luckiest user in the world, using Windows 10 on all my devices and I've never had the issues other people report. My files have never deleted themselves, it's rock solid and fast, never crashes.

You and me both: I tried very hard to use Linux, but I couldn't find any compelling reason to stick to it. Having zfs snapshots would be nice, but not given the various pains Linux entails on the UI.

AutoHotKey has no serious match on Linux, but it's not the main reason I stick to Windows: it's the terminal support.

I'm a heavy terminal user, and I found my experience seriously worse on Linux than on Windows, with no way to replicate something as good as mintty.

I seriously considered finding a way to make mintty work on wine, before giving up.

When Windows Terminal achieves sixel support, maybe we'll see a port of WT to Linux? That'd be fun :)

Like with Edge on Linux that may incentivize me to try Ubuntu again!

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Re:WSL2 can now mount Linux ext4 disks directly by rbanffy on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @01:30PM (#29165418)

Gnome terminal is about to get sixel support anytime soon, as is Windows Terminal. There is a lot of discussion on how to properly support it in a way that doesn't break legacy applications that used it while, at the same time, providing a good experience for the new ones.

I never imagined that mintty would support Tektronix graphics, much less the dual-color storage tubes!

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