@[email protected] to linuxmemesEnglish • 1 year agoWhen WSL2 first came out, some losers on /g/ were cheering that it would "make Linux obsolete". Four years later, I think it's safe to say they were kinda missing the point.vlemmy.netimagemessage-square128fedilinkarrow-up1848arrow-down131
arrow-up1817arrow-down1imageWhen WSL2 first came out, some losers on /g/ were cheering that it would "make Linux obsolete". Four years later, I think it's safe to say they were kinda missing the point.vlemmy.net@[email protected] to linuxmemesEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square128fedilink
minus-square@sauronlinkEnglish3•1 year agoLinux is Linux. WSL is Bill Gates’ wet fart of an OS running Linux. Definitely not the same thing.
minus-square@Cringe2793linkEnglish3•1 year agoIs it not? It’s basically a Linux container running on Windows, isn’t it?
minus-square@dustyDatalinkEnglish-9•edit-21 year agoBut it is Ubuntu, it essentially negates any benefit from being Linux. But seriously, you still have to sift through all the worst of Windows to make it to Linux. When you could be, you know, just using Linux and avoid the dead weight.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoDoesn’t need to be Ubuntu, even though it is the default.
minus-square@Cringe2793linkEnglish1•1 year agoYou can install distros other than Ubuntu though. But what’s wrong with Ubuntu anyway? I’m using it on a daily basis, and I haven’t really encountered any real issues, so for me it’s fine.
minus-square@dustyDatalinkEnglish1•edit-21 year agoFor most people nothing. But at a technical and ethical level, for those who care about that sort of stuff, they’ve been appalling for a while.
Linux is Linux.
WSL is Bill Gates’ wet fart of an OS running Linux.
Definitely not the same thing.
Is it not? It’s basically a Linux container running on Windows, isn’t it?
But it is Ubuntu, it essentially negates any benefit from being Linux.
But seriously, you still have to sift through all the worst of Windows to make it to Linux. When you could be, you know, just using Linux and avoid the dead weight.
Doesn’t need to be Ubuntu, even though it is the default.
You can install distros other than Ubuntu though. But what’s wrong with Ubuntu anyway?
I’m using it on a daily basis, and I haven’t really encountered any real issues, so for me it’s fine.
For most people nothing. But at a technical and ethical level, for those who care about that sort of stuff, they’ve been appalling for a while.