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by nailer 2226 days ago
> The only drawback is Windows and its tooling. Which you can still circumvent with WLS.

WSL, and Terminal, is Windows tooling. It's a Microsoft project, a Microsoft compiled Linux kernel, a `wslu` package that runs in Linux is built by Microsoft, //$wsl using the P9 file server forked by Microsoft. It might sound like a nit pick, but they're spending a lot of time and effort and money to ensure Windows has a better Unix experience than macOS.