Windows and Linux co-development

[OvermindDL1]

@Azolo

I like it better than VirtualBox most of the time.

Except I’ve yet to figure out how to get a GUI. Terminals work fine though… >.<

@Azolo

I think the only big limitation now is symlinks and those fixed on the insider fast track I think. I would have to check again. There are working on adding other distros besides Ubuntu now.

And a lot of networking calls that I use *all*the*time* (I work in IT), so I cannot even do stupid-simple crap like mtr or dig or so… To me, working in IT, bash for windows is fairly useless because their networking stack is borked to hell.

@Azolo

My second gripe is that some package authors will write their packages almost with express intent on not allowing their package to run on Windows. I’ve used to see people that even with a PR to add Windows support would say something like “No, go buy a Mac and stop using Windoze.” I haven’t seen that in years, but when I remember getting pretty upset.

Hear hear. I may hate Windows with a bit of a passion (kept flamed up by constant daily work use), but anything I make even at home on my own time with my linux desktop I make sure works and compiles on Windows (often even mingw-compiling a build out).

To me the out-body is Mac’s. I can’t compile for them, I can’t run things on them, they are effectively dead to me. I cannot fathom why anyone would program stuff for them, or how, they don’t have any cross-compiling tools for other OS’s that I’ve yet to see… o.O?

@Azolo

Really? It worked for me years ago without too much effort. It might have even been the rebellious and adventurous part of my life where I decided to learn how what Gentoo Linux was all about. You have to install the Hyper-V video drivers though.

Do elaborate? I don’t even get to the installer GUI when trying to show off some linux clients at work…

@Azolo

I read that rant and laughed a bit. It looked like you had a rough day/week before writing that. Honestly, I would say that 90% of problems on Windows these days come from low ram and/or a slow HDD. Windows doesn’t make as effective use with it “swap” space as Linux does. 9/10 times just upgrading to a faster HDD or just getting an SSD will make everything behave better.

I have a habit of using every bit of RAM I’m given. At work I have 8 gigs, and Windows constantly freezes (it’s frozen 8 times today so far, I’m kind of getting used to it… >.>). At home I have 16 gigs on my desktop (max it supports, I need to upgrade, no money though… my wife is the one with the uber-desktop). My swap at home is configured for 16 gigs as well (on an SSD), and I’m always eating 32 gigs. Out of memory errors when running programs is not an uncommon occurrence for me. ^.^;

I really hate windows… my linux desktop never freezes even when memory is completely swamped… >.<