butiez@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoThe best Unixsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square203fedilinkarrow-up1788arrow-down170
arrow-up1718arrow-down1imageThe best Unixsh.itjust.worksbutiez@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square203fedilink
minus-squarelime!linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·5 days 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@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoWSL is very workable as a dev environment. I just wish it wasn’t so janky with networking.
minus-squarelime!linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days 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.