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Re:Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with acc... by pjmlp on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @06:24AM (#45963725)
The irony, is that it suffices Microsoft to turn WSL[0] into a more out of the box experience, running a Windows like desktop environment, to have that as the product most OEMs will actually bother to sell.

Similar to Chromebooks, and Android tablets with keyboard, versus having anyone selling any GNU/Linux hardware at PC stores, past the oldie netbooks wave.

[0] - https://github.com/microsoft/azurelinux

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Re:Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with acc... by zombot on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @08:29AM (#45965580)
No. WSL is only half a Linux and even if it weren't, the ballast of the toxic Windoze waste that comes with it makes it unbearable.
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Re:Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with acc... by pjmlp on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @09:45AM (#45966836)
I didn't said that WSL would be enough for "Works best with Microsoft Linux" stickers.
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Re:Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with acc... by dominicrose on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @08:39AM (#45965744)
I use WSL because I don't have the option to ditch Windows completely at work.

But here's an example of something that doesn't work well with WSL: having a git repository in Ubuntu (WSL) and reading/modifying it from Sublime Merge on Windows.

I'm forced to rely on the terminal git commands or on VS Code (because it can use a WSL back-end) and it's not ideal to be forced to a couple of options.

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Re:Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with acc... by pjmlp on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @09:46AM (#45966848)
With "Works best with Microsoft Linux" stickers, it wouldn't be WSL 2.0 only.

That we already have today, and really WSL is only good enough for me to not bother having VMWare or Virtual Box, as I have been doing since switching back into Windows (during Windows 7 heyday) as main laptop OS.

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