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by madelinecameron 3645 days ago
Windows is a nightmare when it comes to nodejs and pip. I ended up abandoning Windows when I was playing on my Mac and basically got things working instantly while I struggled to get the right incantations / pile of dev tools to do what I want.

Ubuntu saves me so much time. (Also for some reason, Windows hates my graphics card and produces terrible sound in my BT headphones. Somehow a multi-billion company can't figure out BT while an open-source project can)
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blendo 3644 days ago
Next month Windows 10 will ship Ubuntu as part of what they're calling "Windows Subsystem for Linux" -- bash, apt-get, etc. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/faq

It's actually kind of revolutionary.

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madelinecameron 3644 days ago
I still probably will stick with Ubuntu as my main system.

I have Windows 10 installed on a separate drive for when I want to play games but even then, I have to cater to Windows. Make sure to save constantly because sometimes Windows decides it is too much and causes my graphics card to flip. And I also have to plug my headphones in or else I get static-y mono sound.

Admittedly I could probably go buy "For Windows" headphones and figure out what is going wrong with the graphics card... but I shouldn't have to. We are talking about the latest operating system whose ancestors have been dominant across the world for decades, developed by one of the largest companies in the world. How are they getting it wrong?

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shawnz 3644 days ago
> We are talking about the latest operating system whose ancestors have been dominant across the world for decades, developed by one of the largest companies in the world. How are they getting it wrong?

You're also talking about them being able to perfectly support every modern piece of USB/PCI-e/etc connected hardware, which is no small feat even for the market leader. For comparison, I've never had these problems you describe since installing Windows 10. How can you be sure your success with Ubuntu isn't just good luck?

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shawnz 3644 days ago
It's available today if you are willing to upgrade to a preview build of Windows. I use it often and I must say, it works pretty much exactly the way you'd expect a native Ubuntu system to work. Some notable issues are a lack of pty support and no X server (although it's possible to use a third-party one.)
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XzetaU8 3644 days ago
Nothing revolutionary to want to lure people on your proprietary ecosystem while at the same time you exploit open-source. Clever marketing strategy? definitely yes.
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