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Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux is out of beta

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Post by imran3740 »

aylons wrote: post #103
smaddox wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The linux filesystem has to be segregated from the windows filesystem. If I remember correctly, the linux FS can read from windows FS, but not write to it, due to locking issues. Or something like that. Whatever it was, it made me discount it as a way to write windows code. Instead, I'm using Git Bash, which is based on mingw

I believe you got it inverted. You cannot write on the WSL file system from Windows, but the other way (writing on windows from bash) is ok.

Yes, because Windows doesn't play nice with Linux's permissions.

Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux is out of beta

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Post by wahern »

al452 wrote: post #99
zionic wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What happened? Did apple simultaneously fire all of it's hardware team along with it's QA dept? (we know the 2nd one happened). I love apple, but it feels like they have a CEO who's running it in "latter years" mode. Zero risk, minimize cost everywhere, maximize profit even if it results in absurd cash piles... This is what you get when bean counters run tech companies.

I kind of agree, but feel a need to point out that the "absurd cash piles" are a byproduct of tax rules, not of (alleged) timidity on the part of Cook et al.

It's a stretch to say that it's a byproduct of tax rules. It's more a product of avoiding taxes, period.

Apple could repatriate its overseas profits at any time. It would have to pay taxes on those profits, yes, but that would be no different than their domestic profits. Apple would be able to deduct foreign taxes, including foreign VAT payments[1], which would put their foreign profits in parity with their domestic profits in terms of tax burden.

[1] Unlike foreign income you can't take a credit on VAT payments. But VAT payments are deductible like any other business expense. Because corporations are taxed at a fixed percentage (no progressive income brackets), it's a distinction without a difference.

Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux is out of beta

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Post by Anechoic »

UnoriginalGuy wrote: post #98
bradleyjg wrote: post #84

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Which laptop manufactures have you found to be as reliable and well put together as macbooks? I haven't had too much luck with dells or lenovos.

If you stick to the boring Thinkpads (T series and P series) they're fairly safe bets. Some of Dell's business grade laptops are also built like tanks. Neither company's consumer grade (read: cheap) I'd touch. Microsoft makes good hardware, but you'll pay borderline "Apple Prices" for it. Only big mistake Microsoft has made is trying to ship the Surface Laptop starting at $999 and topping out at $2199, with Windows 1…

If you stick to the boring Thinkpads (T series and P series)

Anecdotal, but two out of three T series Thinkpads has sudden motherboard failures. No problems with 3 MacBooks or 3 Inspirons. We're done buying Lenovo.

Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux is out of beta

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Post by chokolad »

ams6110 wrote: post #144

Every time I read about WSL I can't help but wonder why cygwin is never mentioned. Cygwin provided all this over a decade ago.

Cygwin was able to run unmodified elf binaries on windows? And it was doing it a decade ago? Wow, that's really impressive.

Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux is out of beta

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Post by cgb223 »

vvanders wrote: post #130
kristianov wrote: post #86

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Surface Book and Surface Laptop are quite good.

+1 on Surface Book. Great build quality, good dev machine and decent gaming laptop as well.

Was thinking about getting one for work, and gaming is a nice perk

What kind of specs/graphics/resolution do you get on that for games?

Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux is out of beta

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Post by werdnapk »

adrianlmm wrote: post #12
frozenport wrote: post #4

Does anybody use this?

I do, for Ruby/Sinatra development, it works very good.

As an Rails dev on OSX, do any tests (or various dev tasks) that spawn a browser work with the WSL? ie. the letter_opener gem will open a sent email in the browser, selenium will run tests in the browser, etc.

Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux is out of beta

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Post by mycall »

kristianov wrote: post #86
bradleyjg wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which laptop manufactures have you found to be as reliable and well put together as macbooks? I haven't had too much luck with dells or lenovos.

Surface Book and Surface Laptop are quite good.

I'd like to see 4 or 6 cores.

Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux is out of beta

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Post by pharrington »

ams6110 wrote: post #144

Every time I read about WSL I can't help but wonder why cygwin is never mentioned. Cygwin provided all this over a decade ago.

from https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/about:

"Bash on Windows provides developers with a familiar Bash shell and Linux environment in which you can run most Linux command-line tools, directly on Windows, UNMODIFIED, without needing an entire Linux virtual machine!"

from https://cygwin.com/:

"Cygwin is not:

a way to run native Linux apps on Windows. You must rebuild your application from source if you want it to run on Windows."

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