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by saalweachter 495 days ago
I too love the WSL, but at the same time--

If you needed to buy software, my entire life, chances are the software you needed was made for Windows.

I use Linux for a desktop, use it professionally, but I keep a Windows laptop around because every time a hobby butts up against software -- for instance, the control software for a CNC -- that software is written for Windows. (Yes, yes, there are open source alternatives, it's just codegen and largely generic APIs, but the software everyone uses runs on Windows.)