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by colejohnson66 1748 days ago
No. But they can run Windows-only programs as well. Linux is objectively better that Windows in the privacy (and package management) department, but Wine just doesn’t cut it sometimes.

I tried a year ago to switch to Linux, with Windows in a VM, but it just wasn’t good enough for my liking. I wanted Windows program support but with the power of the Linux command line (such as building C and C++ programs from source). and WSL does that really well. I ended up switching back a few months ago…

Lastly, there’s the aspect of online school. Proctoring systems such as ProctorU and Examity mandate Windows or macOS.
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drcongo 1748 days ago
Can they do it on a 1st generation Threadripper?
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belltaco 1748 days ago
Windows 10 and WSL on Windows 10 run fine on 1st generation Threadripper and the OS is supported till 2025.
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