Is the Windows Subsystem for Linux worth it? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Resol@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I've had a pretty poor experience with it myself, so I wanna see what the Linux community thinks about this.

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[-] llothar@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I'll parrot the others. I have a Windows PC issued by my employer. The only way to have some Linux is WSL. I use it to sync notes with server at home, python stuff, and w3m when I want to Google something without looking conspicuous in the office.

General Linux tools also help. I needed to make video half the speed - one liner ffmpeg solves it in a jiffy. On Windows I need to install some hive software.

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[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

WSL in Windows Terminal is not much different from opening Konsole on any regular desktop Linux distribution. I use openSUSE Tumbleweed on WSL and I think it's great.

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