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0 pointschaotic_clanger8y ago0 comments

you can turn windows into an adult computer by using cygwin (maybe mingw), autohotkey and something like window manager.

the illusion is almost real, because sometimes i also run linux in vmware/docker/... and when i am not paying attention i forget easily which os i am on.

the unix subsystem for win is quite boring as you can't mix windows applications with linux ones, for example running visual studio build from bash.

powershell would be probably worth learning, if i'd have to, but i do not. it may be godsend to win sysadmins though, as classic cmd is a 40 year old joke.

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cube22228y ago

You can run windows programs out of bash (I mean the wsl bash), and you can also create wrapper bat files to use Linux tools/programs from Windows.

throwaway76458y ago

True, but it's a hack...not something fluid/elegant/seamless or efficient. I'm not a software engineer. I'm just a traditional engineer that wants an OS written for a power user that allows me to do my job more efficiently. Dealing with a multitude of wrappers is worth it if you're writing production software of course, but not if you write a lot of one off scripts for day to day work.

chaotic_clangerOP8y ago

i see ( https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/interop )

that was not possible when i tried it, thanks for pointing it out

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