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[-] db2@sopuli.xyz 41 points 1 year ago

So Microsoft is mimicking Linux desktops and that means what to us?

[-] Olap@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago

This is finally the year of the linux desktop!

[-] dan@upvote.au 7 points 1 year 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 12 points 1 year 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.

[-] dan@upvote.au 1 points 1 year 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 2 points 1 year 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

[-] sirico@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago
[-] Bonehead@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Technically stolen from Xerox...

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 24 points 1 year ago

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

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