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Let's go! (sorry i used WSL i have my own reasons for it...) (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (15 children)

Slightly unrelated but cygwin will run better on windows (its way lighter)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Better in which way? WSL2 is a VM running ALONGSIDE Windows, not inside. Its performance is basically bare metal. If you have enough RAM, there is no reason to use cygwin instead of WSL2.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In that case why don't you just run a VM or install bare metal. WSL strips you of control just like Windows itself does.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

its complicated as i replied to someone else's comment...

im not a "it just works" user too but its complicated to explain why i use windows for now (but ill switich soon)

like im totally a FOSS enthusiast but like...

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