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by stcredzero 3366 days ago
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!
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kelvie 3366 days ago
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/

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Rumudiez 3366 days ago
> How to make Windows usable, step 1: install Linux.

FTFY

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p1esk 3366 days ago
Windows 10 comes with Ubuntu installed.
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apocalyptic0n3 3366 days ago
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)
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