Running Linux and Docker natively on a Windows machine, Daily development work replacing Linux virtual machines
It provides a seamless Linux environment for development on Windows, but requires occasional maintenance for disk space and lacks full hardware access.
Tasks requiring direct hardware pass-through, Long-term use without manual disk space management
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WSL for ten or so? There should be plenty of ways to set up a sandbox without having to simulate an entire machine.
Hacker News • HackerNews • Use case: Providing a Linux subsystem and sandbox environment on Windows.
I switched from developing in Linux VMs to WSL about 3 years ago and have used it daily for development.
Hacker News • HackerNews • Use case: daily development, replacing Linux VMs
WSL is fantastic - apart from the fact that you need to clear it intermittently via disk compression. I use it for work and it's great until you get something incredibly frustrating, like needing a pass-through for your hardware.
Hacker News • HackerNews • Use case: general work/development environment
You can run docker in WSL better than you can on a Mac. You can run Linux natively on that box, too.
Hacker News • HackerNews • Use case: Running Linux and Docker on a Windows machine
I have TTS running on a Windows WSL box with a GPU.
Hacker News • HackerNews • Use case: Running TTS on a Windows machine with a GPU.
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