• loutr@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    For development Unix-like OSes are far superior to Windows. Macs mostly work OOTB but are far too expensive if you need anything more than the base config. As for me, never had issues with my mic and webcam under Ubuntu and even Arch, pipewire Just Works in my experience.

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      11 months ago

      You can get Linux subsystem for Windows in a single click, problem solved

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          11 months ago

          I am a Linux admin right now who does everything using Windows 11 and fedora subsystem

          Linux as a workstation is trash that people only use because they think they are cool

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            11 months ago

            I guess you only use ssh, docker or k8s? For serious software development, integration between the windows host and the Linux VM is far from seamless, or was last time I checked. Anyway, when all the software you use is unix-first, why bother jumping through hoops to make it run under an inferior OS?

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            Linux let’s you have low level control over your hardware, windows blocks that.

            Running linux under windows offers nothing beyond familiarity of linux tools, which obviously are better suited to a linux environment.

            If you prefer windows it has its own closed ecosystem, but at this point its really just preference x monopoly

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              11 months ago

              Linux under Windows is in a separate container lol. You have no idea what you are talking about