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by fbdab103 1063 days ago
Let's not forget how long it even took for there to be a reasonable Windows build of git. Git implicitly relied on significant amounts of Linux tooling which required bringing over an entire Mingw environment.
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justincormack 1063 days ago
Er, it was written by Linus for use in Linux...
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casey2 1063 days ago
>lets not forget I'd gladly take a FOSS Visual Studio on Linux. Heck, I won't even hold a grudge if it's under 60MB. Promise.
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abwizz 1063 days ago
60megs?

that'll bareley hold the latest styling theme package thingy

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