Itβs so true though
I even look at myself that way whenever I use wsl on my gaming box to hop onto another system. I disgust myself.
this post was submitted on 20 May 2025
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Me looking disgusted at myself in the mirror, for I am doomed towards eternal Microsoft-dependency at work.
Still better than cygwin
God I remember suffering through cygwin at a VB shop back in '17β¦ literal hell
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Small blessings. Seeing a WSL user means that some dev out there didn't have to implement Windows support.
WSL is cool when you first use it then you realize it actually kind of sucks
Why not just use both?
Install Windows in a VM on a Linux distro and use WSL there?
Wsl runs on hyper-v. I don't think you can use it in a VM
When using WSL, be sure to not mention anything about that when reporting bugs because that'll just confuse the issue for the maintainers. They like having that casually mentioned about 20 messages into the troubleshooting process.
I'm a big fan of going on WSL forums and letting them know everything is working well for give or take 20 messages, then I let them know I need help troubleshooting.
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How do we feel about cygwin users, fellow linux hivemind drones?
Cygwin is at least well integrated into Windows. It does respect and show its native file system permissions, and you can run windows binaries from within cygwin.
WSL is a load of shit compared to cygwin. No surprise, as it comes straight from Redmond.
It is a old code sir but it still checks out
Windows users when they see a wine user???
I'm glad wsl exists so I don't have to bother with windows and people can still run my programs.
Uh acktually I'm a Kali user
-Uses Kali WSL port
Kali user
found the problem
This sort of elitism really hurts adoption
This pleb thinks we should listen to them. Frankly, this neighborhood is done for!
I knew, as soon as they installed that damned GUI, that we'd have Windowers coming around with their "Windows key this and WSL that". I'm going to have to move to BSD at this rate, I hear they have a more permissive license. I was telling my friend Margaret just the other day that I was meaning to move to BSD. That and that I wanted to get a shrubbery, for the garden.
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Aww, cry harder.
I started using Linux when it was Redhat, in the 1990s, and it came on a bunch of CDs.
And I use WSL in addition to Debian, Raspbian, and Ubuntu.
Knock this tribal bullshit off.
I started with Slackware. It came on floppies.
Now move to the back of the line youngster.
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Some people hate practically it seems
CDβs?! Ooh La La Mister Fancy French man with the digital media! Back in our day linux came on a plastic 45 inside Fruity Pebbles cereal and it had loose crusty sugar in the grooves that introduced errors in X that meant the screen scrolled like an out-of-whack tv and you had to wait for the prompt to roll by so you could try another resolution that would core dump and spit you back to the A:\ drive and eject the disc into your shins like a frisbee! And thatβs the way we liked it!
Aww, cry harder.
Some real pleasant people here.
Yeah, why would they post something like this to the community for serious takes about Linux?
I don't think anyone is a "wsl user" so much as they've found themselves in a position where the lowest friction solution is utilizing wsl for a given situation.
Around 2019, even up until like 2022 if you wanted to run docker in windows, that was how to do it.
What's the current best way to run docker on Windows?
I'm still using wsl(2) for that in 2025 because it seems to be the path of least resistance on Win11.
That could very well be the best practice. I haven't had to run docker in windows since then.
Pretty much my situation. Work stuff, Windows machine, but Linux/Docker workflow and I refuse to let go of my POSIX shell.
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I learned the shell in wsl before I switched to Linux full time. I wasn't trying to learn it intentionally. Just didn't want to develop software on windows. It's a great gateway drug that reduces friction by a lot.
The terminal is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.
Itβs not a story the Vibe Coders would tell you
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World Surf League?
I'm not sure what Linux users have against the World Surf League either, saw some footage from Margaret River the other day and it looked like a great event!
Yea..... But I have 3 Linux VMs running in Hyper-V. That counts for something right?
It is honestly better