[CHaro]

If you don't want to code on it, windows is fine. (and if you can get past them violating your privacy)

If you need to code on it.... just don't

I love my windows machine for doing all my leisure activities. Its a shame that after all these years they can't learn from linux/mac and make a decent dev environment

I remember how mind blowing it was to install pip/python on my windows when I was first starting out. Easily installing packages from the cmd, so revolutionary! /s

[stcredzero]

If you don't want to code on it, windows is fine.

If you need to code on it.... just don't

VirtualBox with Xubuntu Linux in Seamless mode for my Windows laptop. I bought a Windows laptop with a GTX 1070. Now I can do VR on my laptop, but bash in Windows was half baked. It's better to use VirtualBox!

[kelvie]

I find the window managers better in Linux, so there just isn't a replacement for me (on Windows, I have to install Alt-Drag [1], but it's super buggy), otherwise this would be super compelling.

https://stefansundin.github.io/altdrag/

[Rumudiez]

> How to make Windows usable, step 1: install Linux.

FTFY

[p1esk]

Windows 10 comes with Ubuntu installed.

[apocalyptic0n3]

No, it doesn't. It comes with a portion of Ubuntu tools available for install through some backwards way (or at least it was a few months ago when I installed it). The bash console is probably not as good as PuTTY for SSH management, and that was the big highlight of the functionality for me - being able to manage my servers without pulling out another computer. It's better than nothing, but it is no where near good enough for me as a dev who works in Unix from development to production. I do use the bash console for some simple server management when I am away from my work machine, but I could not imagine it ever being a worthy replacement for iTerm2 (or any console on Windows, really, not just the Bash console)