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Windows 11 may be the king of operating systems
In what world? I've just started using it at work, and I swear the other day it tried to sell me an XBox controller. Not like I was on the Web and an ad popped up, no. It was part of the operating system!
Can you imagine going back in time 10 years and telling somebody "In the future, Microsoft is going to put pop-up ads in Windows." People would think you were crazy!
A company tried that in 1999/2000, just before the dot com bust.
We're moving in that direction, but nothing is free.
A listicle? What is this, 2008? Get with the times. Give us a TikTok video with recycled ideas.
While WSL2 has a better overall performance than its predecessor, it’s known for hogging a lot of memory. WSL's read and write times also take a hit if you try to modify or save documents to the Windows file system.
What!?
It can be a big issue. The newest release offers some improvements.
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-subsystem-for-linux-september-2023-update/
Programming doesn't even need a computer, in a sense. It's done on your mind and all you have to do is implement the idea.
OS does matter if you want a better environment for coding.
Windows crashes very frequently and the error is not easy to debug most of the time. You may need to restart the computer ( and you will get used to it ). Plus, Microsoft support forum sucks and takes a long time to answer just one question. It obviously isn’t a good environment for coding.
Linux, on the other hand, is far easier to debug and Linux professionals can help you with that.
Most of the open-sourced softwares are Linux compatible, so that will be very helpful for coding.
Why would you browse (if using win) Microsoft support forums while programming? Obviously it's for hardware/software related issues, not much tied to your coding environment.
It is related to your coding environment. The term environment not only includes code editor and shell, but also the OS running those software, and the OS should be stable for a good coding experience.
Why I have to ask professionals for help in the first place? If I need help from 3rd party people in order to fix a bug in my app because of OS issues then something is very wrong.
You mean you don't care what caused the crash and just restart your computer each time it happens? Isn't that too inefficient?
Environment is how you make it. For example you can use PowerShell both on Linux and windows. The only difference is that some apps are not there by default or are unavailable and you have to look for alternatives. So there's no problem in setting a whole environment from ground up on LFS if you know what you're looking for. It's all about making yourself feel in home.
Windows users will just stick with Windows not knowing how good Linux is. I feel sorry for them trying to get used to all the inconveniences.
Depends on the ecosystem around the language - there are tools that just plain don't work or work poorly on Windows.
Alternatively you could try developing a .NET Framework v4 app on Linux, if the OS doesn't matter (no, mono is not equivalent).
But you need Windows to compile and test older .NET stuff, even if you write the code in notepad.
Kali has become so stereotypical in my region to the point where it has become cringe therefore I can't click the thumbnail which has Kali logo stamped on it
No hate for Kali itself, just the npc's in my region
Good ole xda site. Haven't messed with it for a long, long time. It is a good writeup, I enjoyed reading it, but why does the writer list RPM as a package manager? Isn't it a package format, or am I crazy?
So, I can use sudo rpm install.... instead of sudo dnf/yum install....?
