• pedz@lemmy.ca
    16·
    2 days ago

    I don’t want to gatekeep and you do what works for you.

    I can only hope that you are kind enough to stop torturing this poor Debian with WSL, and can find it a proper home.

    Or have you considered getting therapy for this?

  • Maxxie@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    3·
    1 day ago

    I used to run wsl for dev work (before admin let me switch OS), debugging environment issues was such a pain

  • finitebanjo@piefed.worldEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    For the unaware WSL = Window’s Subsystem Linux. Basically, Windows integrates a Linux commandline within itself. It can also run Linux Virtual Machines using HyperV, a great way for Windows Users to try out distros and find one that they like.

    • apftwb@lemmy.world
      8·
      2 days ago

      Did… Did Microsoft make WINE for Linux? LINE? Have we come full circle?

      More importantly, can WSL run WINE run WSL run W-

      • finitebanjo@piefed.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        I haven’t played with it much but I think it’s moreso to enable developers to use the Linux commands they’re familiar with even on Windows machines, sort of like a Linux flavored CMD Prompt.

        The Virtual Machines tho can do anything a Linux can do, but the filesystem remains separate.

        • Tanoh@lemmy.world
          4·
          2 days ago

          You can access the file systems, both read and write.

          In linux they are mounted under /mnt/c etc (at least in debian). And from Windows you can access the linux mounts via a smb share.

          And it is basically a complete linux installation running in a virtualisation container except X11. You can install whatever you want and run it. For the most part it is seamlessly forwarded to your host system as well, so if you run a webserver in WSL you can access it through localhost.