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Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI

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Post by Abishek_Muthian »

Stratoscope wrote: post #276
Abishek_Muthian wrote: post #274

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> like to use my Apple AirPods so I can move around while we talk. I was never was able to get these or any other Bluetooth headset to work on Ubuntu. Is this due to Apple having drivers for AirPods for Windows or Is Windows Bluetooth stack that good?

I didn't install any Apple drivers, just paired and connected them in the Windows settings. I also tried a couple of cheaper Bluetooth headsets and they worked equally well. None of them would connect as headsets in Ubuntu 20.04.

I have a short bluetooth pairing troubleshooting content for RPi [1] which shows the basic bluetoothctl commands, Give it an attempt next time.

But manufacturers do test their devices with Windows Bluetooth stack (incl. Apple) as after all they hold the majority market share.

[1] https://abishekmuthian.com/fixing-bluetooth-issues-on-raspbe...

Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI

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Post by fnord123 »

Too wrote: post #284
Stratoscope wrote: post #244

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even though our dev environment at work is Ubuntu, I greatly prefer running Windows on my ThinkPad X1 Extreme, because of the superior hardware support for the devices I use. Specifically: • I spend a fair amount of time on Zoom calls (who doesn't?), and I like to use my Apple AirPods so I can move around while we talk. I was never was able to get these or any other Bluetooth headset to work on Ubuntu. They pair only…

Ubuntu by default pairs Bluetooth headsets as A2DP, which has higher quality for music but no mic-support. You have to go in to Ubuntu bluetooth sound settings and change the output device to headset mode every god damn time you turn on the headset. And then toggle it back to A2DP if you want to listen to music again. I don't know how Windows or iOS deals with this but there both modes seem to work seamlessly.

Does Macos doesn't deal with this? IME, MBluetooth Audio from Mac sounds like a fart in a pringles can unless you update some plist somewhere. But once you do that It JuSt WoRks.

Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI

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Post by my123 »

Fnoord wrote: post #365
NavinF wrote: post #331

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nope, Nvidia will never let you pass PCIe virtual functions to VMs. They'd rather charge 7x the price for data center GPUs with that capability.

Again: don't buy Nvidia. This is one of the many reasons why you should consider avoiding this brand (for GPUs). I even gave them the benefit of the doubt with their Nvidia Shield (bought two Pro 2020's) only to have them shove me up ads through my throat via a software update.

That's not NV related sadly, but applies for all Android TV devices. It's beyond their control...

And for PCIe VFs for virtualized GPUs, AMD does _not_ provide it either outside of their datacenter line.

Note that if you just passthrough the whole GPU, that works out of the box on NVIDIA cards.

(btw, for some NV cards, there is: https://github.com/DualCoder/vgpu_unlock to crack that protection)

Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI

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Post by elif »

I made the switch from full-linux to WSL about a year ago. I never used windows outside of gaming but I got tired of putting up with minor hardware/driver frustrations on my particular laptop (surface).

I'm happy to report I have encountered zero issues. In fact, I don't think I've even used it for anything outside of emacs/cli.

I am kinda surprised by this link since I've been using the x version of emacs this whole time.

Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI

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Post by fomine3 »

jonathanlydall wrote: post #122
reilly3000 wrote: post #31

I wonder what Linux exclusive software they are hoping to support. Everything I use in my Ubuntu daily driver has a Windows build or corollary app. I get how ‘you never have to leave Windows’ is a nice thing for their business, but I don’t see this being a reason I would stop dual-booting. The only reason I run windows in the first place is for a few apps, mostly games. Otherwise I really enjoy the bloat-free, ad-fre…

As someone who uses Windows as their main driver, I will personally find it a useful way to test/debug our Electron based app on Linux. Right now I’m using a full VM. When you consider that Edge is available for Linux, MS could very well be using WSLg to develop it. So it seems to me that this just makes it easier to anything you need to do on Linux, “on” Windows. Of course making it easier for people on Windows to m…

Also looks good to debugging puppeteer with head on docker container.

Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI

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Post by 29athrowaway »

whydid wrote: post #377
29athrowaway wrote: post #375

- Embrace - Extend - Extinguish

I was worried about this happening in the early 2000s, but not anymore. Have you seen how terrible Windows and Windows Server is?

Has it ever been good at any point in time?

No, yet people use it and develop for it.

Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI

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Post by the8472 »

chx wrote: post #282
vzaliva wrote: post #201

One could run Linux and use Wine to run some Windows apps. On the other hand one can run Windows and use WSL to run some Linux apps. Depending on the individual's needs which apps are important to have access to the decision could go either way. This is why Microsoft is investing in projects like this - to tip the scales and lure more users to run Windows as primary OS. P.S. And then there is Google which wants you n…

With WSL v2 , you can run Windows and all Linux apps. WSL v1 had limitations but WSL v2 is a VM -- a more integrated VM than usual but still.

> With WSL v2 , you can run Windows and all Linux apps.

Can it run perf yet? I.e. are they passing through hardware performance counters from the host?

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