Re: OT: WSL2

2020-06-17 Thread Kevin Becker
I work in a primarily Windows-based environment but I have a lot of leeway in choosing and configuring my work computer. I used a MacBook Air for many years, giving me access to MS Office and other commercial software while still having a nice unix terminal. When it came time for a new laptop, I

Re: OT: WSL2

2020-06-17 Thread George N. White III
On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 at 13:54, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 08:26:15 -0500 > Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > > Dear friends, > > > > As someone who does not see the value of Windows (or MacOS), I wonder > > what thoughts are regarding this: > > > > > https://towardsdatascience.com/dual-bo

Re: OT: WSL2

2020-06-17 Thread Geoffrey Leach
On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 08:26:15 -0500 Ranjan Maitra wrote: > Dear friends, > > As someone who does not see the value of Windows (or MacOS), I wonder > what thoughts are regarding this: > > https://towardsdatascience.com/dual-boot-is-dead-windows-and-linux-are-now-one-27555902a128?source=post_inter

Re: OT: WSL2

2020-06-17 Thread George N. White III
On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 at 10:26, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > Dear friends, > > As someone who does not see the value of Windows (or MacOS), I wonder what > thoughts are regarding this: > > > https://towardsdatascience.com/dual-boot-is-dead-windows-and-linux-are-now-one-27555902a128?source=post_internal_l

OT: WSL2

2020-06-17 Thread Ranjan Maitra
Dear friends, As someone who does not see the value of Windows (or MacOS), I wonder what thoughts are regarding this: https://towardsdatascience.com/dual-boot-is-dead-windows-and-linux-are-now-one-27555902a128?source=post_internal_links-0-- For me, I hope that MS does n