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Re:Windows 10 refugees flock to Linux in what devs call thei... by esperent on Saturday October 18, 2025 @07:46AM (#45626582)
> WSL2 is kind of bad compared to a proper Linux environment, you'll encounter so many tiny cuts

I used WSL2 for years and never had any issues with it.

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Re:Windows 10 refugees flock to Linux in what devs call thei... by CaptainOfCoit on Saturday October 18, 2025 @08:54AM (#45626962)
Also used WSL2, and keep hitting sharp edges. Last issue involved not being able to properly use the GPU through Docker running in WSL2 on a Arch installation, and Windows "helpfully" aliasing .exe's available on the host OS into the guest, confusing a lot of the stack.

A year ago or something, changing the size of the WSL disk via some Powershell command also corrupted the disk after it was done, I had to start from scratch which was a bit annoying.

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