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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by FeloniousHam on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @07:31AM (#44040318)
The obvious answer: you can't. I work in constrained environment with an IT department that provides the hardware and (most of) the software I develop on. I agree with all the WSL cheering here, it integrates almost seamlessly.

But you're asking the wrong question. It should be "why not use MacOS?" if you need a stable UI with UNIX underneath :).

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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by bayindirh on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @07:49AM (#44040471)
That's another sound option, but as a person who doesn't like Homebrew and stuffing /usr/local with tons of things, a lightweight Linux VM becomes mandatory after some point on macOS, too.

Other than that, macOS plus some tools (Fileduck, Forklift, Tower, Kaleidoscope to name a few), you can be 99% there.

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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by p_ing on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @08:29AM (#44040813)
Homebrew on arm64 installs to /opt/homebrew.
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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by bayindirh on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @08:32AM (#44040839)
Oh. They changed it at last? This is good news. Thanks for letting me know.
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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by rcleveng on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @09:24AM (#44041347)
Yup absolutely.

I use macos as my daily driver, but any real work on it happens on a linux container or VM. Using one of {cursor, vscode, windsurf} with a devcontainer is a much better approach for me.

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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by skydhash on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @08:52AM (#44041014)
Current macos is going the windows direction with some architecture choice (default uninstallable software, settings panel mess, meaningless updates,…)
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