• @danA
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        97 months ago

        The year of the Linux desktop was probably the year Microsoft introduced WSL. It’d be a non-trivial percentage of total Linux desktop users.

        If you need to run both Windows and Linux for whatever reason, Windows with WSL is a better experience than Linux with WINE (or a Windows VM). WSL can run GUI apps now, too.

        • @embed_me@programming.dev
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          127 months ago

          I still stand by the stance that dual booting is better. Especially if you care about smooth performance and don’t have the hardware capability to run a VM smoothly.

          • @danA
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            17 months ago

            I use both at the same time though. For example, Visual Studio supports debugging via WSL, so I can test my code on both Windows and Linux on the same PC through the same debugger, by just selecting a different build config in the UI.

        • @Pantherina@feddit.de
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          27 months ago

          Until you get these updates. But for sure Linux works better on a bloated corporation OS that that shady thing on free Software. Its way easier

  • Björn Tantau
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    237 months ago

    When the first screenshots of Windows Vista were released my friends were commenting how it looks just like my Linux.

  • @woelkchen@lemmy.world
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    -77 months ago

    I’m not congratulating anyone moving to an Ubuntu derivative. They count towards Canonical’s update server access stats, inflating the user count of a distributor who’s hostile towards openness with their Snap stuff even if the derivative doesn’t even use Snap.