Jeena@piefed.jeena.net to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoWSL userspiefed.jeena.netimagemessage-square86linkfedilinkarrow-up1624arrow-down139
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minus-squareDigitalDilemma@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 hours agoI still don’t know what WSL is for.
minus-squarex00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·51 minutes agoRun Linux stuff on Windows. A big use case is development with Docker containers.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·8 hours agoTo keep developers on the platform, because their own ecosystem is shit.
minus-squarewetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 hours agoHonestly if it frees me from MinGW I would be happy
minus-squareTartas1995@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-29 hours agoSerious answer, Windows subsystem for Linux.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-28 hours agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a component of Microsoft Windows that allows the use of a GNU/Linux environment from within Windows, foregoing the overhead of a virtual machine and being an alternative to dual booting.
minus-squaredogs0n@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 hours agoThem tryna suck us back into their dysfunctional os, not gonna work on me Mr Micro
I still don’t know what WSL is for.
Run Linux stuff on Windows.
A big use case is development with Docker containers.
To keep developers on the platform, because their own ecosystem is shit.
Honestly if it frees me from MinGW I would be happy
Serious answer,
Windows subsystem for Linux.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux
Them tryna suck us back into their dysfunctional os, not gonna work on me Mr Micro