My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore

Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore by stavros on Saturday June 22, 2024 @03:47AM (#40757228)

I find it curious that you say things like "Docker runs better on Windows" but also "MacOS is worse than Linux for development". It reads like you think you have two choices Windows or MacOS, and that it's very unfortunate that they're both worse than Linux. Why isn't Linux one of the options?

And yes, Docker and most other development works better on Linux than any other OS.

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Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore by epolanski on Saturday June 22, 2024 @05:25AM (#40757625)

> Why isn't Linux one of the options?

Because WSL 2 satisfies all my Linux needs, and yes, it runs Docker perfectly and Windows is a better desktop OS, with more tools and software.

I used to run mint, ubuntu and some others up to Windows 10 I never considered a productive machine on my desktop but this has changed during the last years and Windows is an incredibly productive machine for software development.

Anyway I'm not trying to sell anybody Windows, was just answering a pointless comment like "I don't understand why would anybody use Windows", and I answered that there's plenty of reasons and tools for me, but I ain't gonna die if you force me on other OSs too.

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Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore by lelanthran on Saturday June 22, 2024 @03:16PM (#40761385)

> Windows is a better desktop OS, with more tools and software.

What tools are you using on Windows specifically? Visual Studio, maybe?

I only ask because, other than workflow-specific tooling (Photoshop, etc), no one is creating non-Electron GUIs anymore, and with non-GUIs Windows used to be far behind for Windows-specific software.

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