WSL2 is essentially just.. Windows + Linux. I tried it and it is awesome. Cannot wait to see further progress that comes out of this. I really cannot leave Windows to be honest. The network effect is too strong. Coupled with recent Microsoft effort such as Visual Code, its looking like they are doing nothing but going towards the better direction than the old days. Who would have thought. Would you believe it if anyone said this to be the case, 10 years ago?
Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI
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Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI
#12For those that don't know, this will only be available in Windows 11, see https://github.com/microsoft/wslg/issues/347#issuecomment-87...
To be fair, it's also the first prerequisite on the linked page.
> WSLg is going to be generally available alongside the upcoming release of Windows. To get access to a preview of WSLg, you'll need to join the Windows Insider Program and be running a Windows 10 Insider Preview build from the beta or dev channels.
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#13I already asked this in the past, and want to ask again.
Is Microsoft a corporation of goodness now?
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#14Now someone make a Linux Subsystem for Windows GUI.
Isn't that pretty much what Wine does? Having been using Linux as my daily workstation for a year now, I've been blown away how easy it is (and generally transparent) to install and use Windows applications on Linux.
Actually, not quite. Wine is closer to what WSL1 was. The closest equivalent to "Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI" on WSL2 for Linux would just be ... running Windows in a VM, with FreeRDP doing per-app tunneling to the Linux host.
I think there's even some software for automating this somewhere out there.
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#15I already asked this in the past, and want to ask again. Is Microsoft a corporation of goodness now?
Embrace
Extend Extinguish
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#16I already asked this in the past, and want to ask again. Is Microsoft a corporation of goodness now?
Asking if a publicly traded company this big is good or bad is pointless. A corporation is psychopathic; if it goes Patrick Bateman or Dexter Morgan depends on the environment.
The current environment incentivizes expanding the developer ecosystem, hence DX investments.
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#17Will I be able to use i3?
Yes.
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#18I already asked this in the past, and want to ask again. Is Microsoft a corporation of goodness now?
In my opinion, this is actually a question of values. My position: absolutely not, but I take it as axiomatic that Microsoft (et al.) are incapable of any actual "good."
This is simply Window's attempt to build a new walled garden. If they were actually serious about advancing the state of civil computing, they'd make the NT core available as a microkernel that can be modularly placed into the Linux ecosystem. That is the _one_ thing I can think of which might raise my opinion of them (and I'm sure they lose sleep at night, knowing they haven't got my endorsement).
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#19WSL2 is essentially just.. Windows + Linux. I tried it and it is awesome. Cannot wait to see further progress that comes out of this. I really cannot leave Windows to be honest. The network effect is too strong. Coupled with recent Microsoft effort such as Visual Code, its looking like they are doing nothing but going towards the better direction than the old days. Who would have thought. Would you believe it if anyo…
Dual boot? This does look slick, I was an avid WSL user until I started dual booting. Now I almost never need to boot to Windows.
I get that if you often need to switch it can be a pain in the ass but at least Linux respects my privacy and freedom.
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#20I already asked this in the past, and want to ask again. Is Microsoft a corporation of goodness now?
Balmer was their wake up call. A lot of destructive policies that ensure short term benefits destroy long term sustainability.
They are good, just as any public can be good company. IE. Just a little bit more sensible about cooperation instead of demolition.