butiez@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThe best Unixsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square139linkfedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down118
arrow-up174arrow-down1imageThe best Unixsh.itjust.worksbutiez@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square139linkfedilink
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoit’s very popular with developers due to being a turnkey posix environment. given the choice between mac and windows for development, i would go with mac every time. it’s not my personal first choice but it’s tolerable.
minus-squareCosmicTurtle0 [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoWSL is very workable as a dev environment. I just wish it wasn’t so janky with networking.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoi don’t know about “very”. it is a crutch. a well-made crutch, but still a crutch. i curse it every time i need to connect a serial port.
it’s very popular with developers due to being a turnkey posix environment. given the choice between mac and windows for development, i would go with mac every time. it’s not my personal first choice but it’s tolerable.
WSL is very workable as a dev environment. I just wish it wasn’t so janky with networking.
i don’t know about “very”. it is a crutch. a well-made crutch, but still a crutch. i curse it every time i need to connect a serial port.