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[–] velvetThunder@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 4 points 1 month ago

WSL is interesting because it manages to simultaneously offer everything a Linux user would want while also actually capable of none of what a Linux user would need it to do. Weird compatibility issues, annoying filesystem mappings that make file manipulation a pain, etc

In a Windows environment I've found it honestly works better to either ssh into a Linux machine or learn the PowerShell way of doing it than to work through WSL's quirks

[–] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Windows is an option