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withinboredom · 2022-05-01 18:02:59

Windows + WSL for open source stuff and PopOS for work.

uberman | karma 3185 | avg karma 1.66 · | 2021-12-29 16:20:27

One main Win 10 based system with docker and wsl based dev work and one popOS based.

jdmg94 | karma 79 | avg karma 0.51 · | 2020-03-19 15:38:30

I remember when I bought my XPS13 a year ago, to work while I traveled, I found that even with WSL, it was painful to get my toolchain working on windows (mostly unix based tools) I ended up putting ubuntu (and currently popOS) and never looking back.

mgaunard | karma 1512 | avg karma 1.05 · | 2023-11-11 22:20:52

Windows has WSL.

shaklee3 | karma 2976 | avg karma 1.62 · | 2019-05-22 04:41:19+00:00

With WSL, you might as well run Windows and do all Linux development there as well.

jaxn | karma 2946 | avg karma 2.48 · | 2020-07-13 02:31:43+00:00

WSL is pretty nice. It's not a bad transition. I tried it, but moved back to Pop OS.

DangerousPie | karma 5226 | avg karma 7.53 · | 2021-04-13 15:12:26

Windows + WSL is a great dev environment.

quyleanh | karma 3883 | avg karma 7.26 · | 2020-11-16 07:00:22+00:00

Windows as primary OS with WSL is perfect fit for my work.

I hope WSL will be better in the future. May be someday people will not compare Windows and Linux when they have WSL on Windows machine.

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nailer | karma 21705 | avg karma 2.02 · | 2022-04-26 11:00:59

WSL gives you all the *nix bits of Ubuntu and native MS Office support.

cloudking | karma 2300 | avg karma 2.72 · | 2020-05-06 12:47:44+00:00

Big fan of WSL, get power of Windows and the full power of Linux combined. Can easily switch between gaming and development.

iakov | karma 487 | avg karma 2.85 · | 2021-10-09 15:19:43

I use WSL daily on my desktop and laptop for work - full stack development and sysadmin/devops. Familiar CLI tools available right from my Windows desktop are a great thing.

I’m really, really happy with WSL since I can use one powerful PC for work, music recording and occasional gaming.

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Boulth | karma 1680 | avg karma 3.04 · | 2020-05-10 18:38:29+00:00

I worked on Windows for two decades and tried WSL1. Windows is not super annoying but as a developer all my tools were actually Linux native or cross platform so one day I just cut the middle man and switched to Linux. It wasn't such a big leap but my productivity definitely increased.

WSL is nice when you don't have choice. Linux is actually the optimum choice for most developers.

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peppermint_tea | karma 195 | avg karma 1.55 · | 2022-06-29 00:33:34

give wsl2 a shot... I use it for most of my work on windows... (that + windows terminal)

pletnes | karma 1915 | avg karma 2.33 · | 2022-11-01 08:11:20

WSL is great but it’s basically a convenient VM. It’s no longer windows, as far as I’m concerned.

JohnFen | karma 30257 | avg karma 1.9 · | 2023-06-09 12:00:42

You have choices. I have to use WSL at work, and my WSL is running Debian.

ufmace | karma 6976 | avg karma 2.79 · | 2020-04-23 21:30:35

I don't completely love any setup, but I'm starting to think that Windows 10 + WSL is the best open-source development setup. Huge variety of hardware, plus all hardware actually works right, plus pretty much any popular desktop app works reliably and has a good GUI, plus all Linux CLI tools are there and work right.

sandGorgon | karma 11984 | avg karma 2.81 · | 2022-12-16 08:32:49

Windows + WSL2. After 20 years on Fedora and Ubuntu.

Its that good.

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shortlived | karma 1272 | avg karma 3.09 · | 2022-08-21 12:37:02

Windows + your favorite Linux distro thanks to WSL. It’s the perfect combo.

tobyhinloopen | karma 1924 | avg karma 2.23 · | 2022-03-04 03:53:36

I’m using Windows with WSL these days. Works great

elif | karma 5450 | avg karma 2.96 · | 2021-04-03 15:24:18+00:00

I think OP would be happy running Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

Using windows for the popup/productivity/keybind easy mode stuff, while running Linux applications natively for development.

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