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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by elif on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @10:40AM (#44042179)
Ya I totally get that. The way I view it is that windows is a glorified driver support layer and any actual work i do is almost exclusively in the Linux container.

When I used to have free time it was great for games too

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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by yellowapple on Thursday May 22, 2025 @04:01PM (#44066231)
IMO Linux is better even as that glorified driver support layer these days, at least on x86 hardware (I can't attest to anything ARM-based besides various SBCs). I have to fiddle with drivers much more often on Windows (usually because of Windows Update shenanigans, like "lmao let's silently downgrade the manually-installed AMD GPU driver for no fucking reason at all").
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