The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source
blogs.windows.com
Today we’re very excited to announce the open-source release of the Windows Subsystem for Linux. This is the result of a multiyear effort to prepare for this, and a great closure to the first ever issue raised on the Microsoft/WSL repo:

Today we’re very excited to announce the open-source release of the Windows Subsystem for Linux. This is the result of a multiyear effort to prepare for this, and a great closure to the first ever issue raised on the Microsoft/WSL repo:

https://github.com/microsoft/WSL

  • lepinkainen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    WSL made windows tolerable in the time I had to use a windows machine for work.

    macOS is still the better choice for corp approved work, integrates decently with IT systems and is a “real” unix system underneath.

    Linux on a corporate desktop is mostly about how well you know the IT guys and do they trust you. And of course the software stack.

    • cmhe@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Linux on a corporate desktop is mostly about how well you know the IT guys and do they trust you. And of course the software stack.

      I would say it depends more on the commitment of the IT admins to support and manage a fleet of Linux workstations. There are Linux “Active Directory” servers, configuration provisioning tools, ways to centrally and automatically rollout updates, etc. It really depends on if the IT guys invest the same amount of effort to support them or not.

      • lepinkainen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 days ago

        2000 people, 3k+ devices and one dude wants a Linux laptop.

        Not happening 😀

        But it did work in a smaller company of around 30 people, mostly because the IT guy was a Linux user too

    • interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      4 days ago

      IT just said no for WSL “ask your manager”

      My manager barely knows how to read his email

      and doesn’t understand why I want 3rd screen