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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by frollogaston on Monday May 19, 2025 @02:16PM (#44032920)
Because it's easier to set up a local dev environment in WSL than in any of those.
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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by aeroevan on Monday May 19, 2025 @05:48PM (#44035255)
How is it easier to setup a linux dev environment in WSL than in https://containertoolbx.org/ or https://distrobox.it/ or just in Linux directly?
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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by frollogaston on Monday May 19, 2025 @06:19PM (#44035559)
I meant if you're using Windows to begin with
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