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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by JCattheATM on Monday May 19, 2025 @01:30PM (#44032323)
> XAMPP did not work out of the box with me on Windows (skill issue on my part, I know), so my preferred setup was to run a Ubuntu Server VM (LAMP stack) and then develop whatever I had on a Windows IDE.

Why wouldn't you have just spent 5 minutes to get XAMPP working?

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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by ivanmontillam on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @06:06PM (#44046411)
It's really a skill issue on my part.

LAMP stack worked for me perfectly on Linux out of the box, whether Ubuntu Server or any RHEL-based distro (even with SELinux enabled!).

I spent some solid 8+ hours on that, saw it uneconomical and went the VM way.

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