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WSL2 corrupting Git repositories and shell history

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Re: WSL2 corrupting Git repositories and shell history

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Post by simonh »

29athrowaway wrote: post #373
foepys wrote: post #370

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You don't need it but it's 1/3 the price of an Apple workstation and just runs with all hardware compared to Linux. Plus, some people just like Windows and/or don't like macOS.

> runs with all hardware compared to Linux. No, it doesn't. Linux runs on more architectures than Windows. Linux supports a wider range of machine specs than Windows does. There has never been an operating system in human history having hardware support as vast Linux. The television in your living room might be running Linux. Your refrigerator might be running Linux. Your car might be running Linux. Linux is everywhe…

The question was specifically about workstations for Ruby and Node development. You're not going to do that on a refrigerator.

Re: WSL2 corrupting Git repositories and shell history

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Post by iakov »

bashwizard wrote: post #407
iakov wrote: post #386

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There is no reason to have multiple computers, apart from a laptop and workstation for people who need to be able to work on the go. Not only upfront cost, but license costs, update management, hardware replacement and finally disposal and recycling are piling up. I fail to see the upside, honestly.

When you're starting out making music having just one computer for everything is fine but once you've reached the point where you spend a lot of your time on it, it quickly becomes a no brainer to at least have a dedicated computer for just that. It's about putting yourself in a productive setting where you only focus on creating and you have minimal distractions. Besides, a dedicated computer for music production ha…

I'm making music for a few years, and for at least two years my Windows workstation has been the main piece of gear.

I totally get what you mean by productive setting. I achieve that with two user profiles - one for music (dark colors, only DAW and GuitarPro, no social networks or messengers), another for fun (brighter colors, steam and battlenet). It is a much cheaper - free! - than $500, and I get to save some space at home.

In the end different strokes for different folks I guess. If your setup works for you - keep it up!

Re: WSL2 corrupting Git repositories and shell history

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Post by pjmlp »

jevgeni wrote: post #392
pjmlp wrote: post #368

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We are talking about GNU/Linux here.

We are not. You are.

That was the whole point of this thread, naturally some rather move goal posts to avoid the subject that Linux users rather give money to proprietary desktop platforms than help desktop Linux ever become a reality.

Re: WSL2 corrupting Git repositories and shell history

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Post by proactivesvcs »

10000truths wrote: post #55
proactivesvcs wrote: post #39

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Enabling hardware virtualisation opens up a significant and deep attack surface. Considering the vanishingly small percentage of users which benefit from it, I hope it stays off by default.

Erm, explain? What attack can you do with hardware virtualization enabled that you cannot otherwise do?

I've read[1] that it can make Meltdown/Spectre attacks possible and thought I'd seen many more reports and discussions about it, but seems I was mistaken.

[1] https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3646

Re: WSL2 corrupting Git repositories and shell history

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Post by proactivesvcs »

h_r wrote: post #66
proactivesvcs wrote: post #39

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Enabling hardware virtualisation opens up a significant and deep attack surface. Considering the vanishingly small percentage of users which benefit from it, I hope it stays off by default.

Are there significant risks from running virtualization locally like this? If so, can you provide any links or elaborate a bit so I can follow up? Most of what I've seen on such vulnerabilities refer to server infrastructure.

Having searched through my browsing history and some web searches it seems you're right. I do wonder if the move to more virtualisation outside of the server world will open up additional vulnerabilities but it does look like that's where most of the trouble is at the moment.

Re: WSL2 corrupting Git repositories and shell history

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Post by proactivesvcs »

microtonal wrote: post #88
proactivesvcs wrote: post #39

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Enabling hardware virtualisation opens up a significant and deep attack surface. Considering the vanishingly small percentage of users which benefit from it, I hope it stays off by default.

In Windows, enabling virtualization actually reduces attack surface. E.g. it is used to protect against kernel-level malware: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-virtualisation-is-c...

Yes quite correct. I know some anti-virus engines have been using it for behavioural analysis. I wonder if this will mean more exploits against anti-virus emerge, as with their unpacker routines.

Re: WSL2 corrupting Git repositories and shell history

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Post by jevgeni »

pjmlp wrote: post #413
jevgeni wrote: post #392

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We are not. You are.

That was the whole point of this thread, naturally some rather move goal posts to avoid the subject that Linux users rather give money to proprietary desktop platforms than help desktop Linux ever become a reality.

Yes. Because Linux is not competitive in some cases.

Re: WSL2 corrupting Git repositories and shell history

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Post by dariusj18 »

uncledave wrote: post #191
dariusj18 wrote: post #173

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Wow, you're quite lucky, because everything I use has bugs and edge cases.

No luck. I look for things where people aren’t complaining and use those.

I would never use a project without complaints. Just means no one is using it.

Re: WSL2 corrupting Git repositories and shell history

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Post by withinboredom »

ficklepickle wrote: post #274
dmw_ng wrote: post #68

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Reminds me of an infuriating old bug in VirtualBox where it wouldn't notice the size of a file had changed. Devs were working in some Windows editor then using Git within VirtualBox to commit changes, resulting in inexplicable trailing nulls and garbage turning up in the repo Took quite some time to figure out what was causing it. "Everyone is somehow corrupting files except for me, wtf?" Magic filesystem translation…

I'm now in the habit of doing a git diff before every commit. Even if I don't thoroughly read the diff, I at least skim it for sanity. I can't recall what made me start doing that, but now it's a habit.

I do git add -up

Same thing, sorta but all in one go.

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