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0 pointsformerly_proven4y ago0 comments

Well that and the shitty dev tools on Windows in general ;)

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Care to elaborate? I'm using Windows as a primary dev machine for years and I've encountered no problems aside from the infuriating update-related restarts.

What am I missing? This is an actual, emotionless, genuine question? Always looking to find new ways to procrastinate by trying out new tools ;)

rovr1384y ago

Ultimately it depends on what you need and what you develop for.

If you’re developing for the Linux kernel, I bet you’re missing out on some stuff.

If you’re building web, it doesn’t matter. If you’re building docker images, you can do it on Windows/Mac, but there’s just better performance on Linux if you’re ever debugging speed.

Java? Doesn’t matter either.

marcosdumay4y ago

More specifically, Windows is an horrible environment for C, C++, or Rust, Haskell, or any kind of language where most developers do not like IDEs. Bad for Python, Ruby, PHP, Perl where IDEs do exist, but it's not a given that they are better than simple editors. Not really good for Javascript or any language with extensive use of dependencies and configuration.

It's not better than Linux for any language, but it comes really close for the IDE oriented ones.

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causi4y ago

You don't use Windows Update Manager or timed firewall rules to make sure Update doesn't ever interfere with your work?

jakogut4y ago

If your OS defaults to interrupting your work with its update policies, it's doing it wrong. Just because you can delay it doesn't make it acceptable.

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mszcz4y ago

No I don't. The restarts are fucking infuriating but, at least in my case, they've never been catastrophic. My computer is usually running all the time but when I finish working on some thing I always ^S everything and usually `git push --all; git push --tags`.

antihipocrat4y ago

I'm a relative beginner to development and have found no issues with WSL2 so far. Any pitfalls to be aware of?

mikeyjk4y ago

When I was using wsl1 I ran into ocassional nuisances: needing to specify a windows mount point and having a problem with phpstorm connecting to it (iirc I had to use a docker for windows setting which was referred to as legacy or insecure maybe).

It wasn't too bad though honestly.

I ended up swapping to debian after my workplace rolled out some insane MDM policies / forced application installs. It is much nicer to dev in *nix

colejohnson664y ago

WSL2 is so much better than WSL1

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mszcz4y ago

Care to elaborate? I'm using Windows as a primary dev machine for years and I've encountered no problems aside from the infuriating update-related restarts.

What am I missing? This is an actual, emotionless, genuine question? Always looking to find new ways to procrastinate by trying out new tools ;)

rovr1384y ago

Ultimately it depends on what you need and what you develop for.

If you’re developing for the Linux kernel, I bet you’re missing out on some stuff.

If you’re building web, it doesn’t matter. If you’re building docker images, you can do it on Windows/Mac, but there’s just better performance on Linux if you’re ever debugging speed.

Java? Doesn’t matter either.

marcosdumay4y ago

It's not better than Linux for any language, but it comes really close for the IDE oriented ones.

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causi4y ago

You don't use Windows Update Manager or timed firewall rules to make sure Update doesn't ever interfere with your work?

jakogut4y ago

If your OS defaults to interrupting your work with its update policies, it's doing it wrong. Just because you can delay it doesn't make it acceptable.

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mszcz4y ago

antihipocrat4y ago

I'm a relative beginner to development and have found no issues with WSL2 so far. Any pitfalls to be aware of?

mikeyjk4y ago

It wasn't too bad though honestly.

I ended up swapping to debian after my workplace rolled out some insane MDM policies / forced application installs. It is much nicer to dev in *nix

colejohnson664y ago

WSL2 is so much better than WSL1

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