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Re:Mozilla claims Apple, Google and Microsoft force users to... by leetcrew on Friday September 23, 2022 @09:32PM (#32958991)
I'm one of those weird people that genuinely enjoys using windows as my main OS. vc++ and c# stuff is very nice on that OS, but I still feel like wsl is a bit like shoving a square peg into a round hole. too often, things that "just work" on a full-fledged linux install fail on wsl for some obscure reason.

my solution is to use windows for GUI things, and a remote linux instance for actual building/running/deploying services. vs code server is really nice for this, you can essentially run it as a GUI thin client locally that controls a headless remote that does all the heavy lifting. it's pretty seamless if you're willing to accept that you need a network connection to get any work done.

Re:Mozilla claims Apple, Google and Microsoft force users to... by sshine on Friday September 23, 2022 @10:41PM (#32959298)
Is running a VirtualBox and sharing the work folder too slow?
Re:Mozilla claims Apple, Google and Microsoft force users to... by leetcrew on Friday September 23, 2022 @11:27PM (#32959497)
probably not for most use cases, but I build some fairly large projects. it's nice to interact with a 16C/32T xeon node through an ultrabook. downloading tools/assets runs at the speed of the datacenter link rather than coffeeshop wifi. if nothing else, my battery lasts longer this way.