04-13-2023, 01:26 PM | #31 |
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I mean, he tells everyone who's not using Windows 10/11 to upgrade (regardless of the age of their hardware)
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04-13-2023, 03:03 PM | #34 |
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I used to use the older MS version of that when it was more UNIX flavoured. It seems to have poor compatibility compared to a real version. A complete distro of your choice in a VM is better. Dual boot better still, but awkward. I used dual boot from 1998 till January 2017.
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I only volunteered on one or two books, and admittedly I am using Linux, but which tools, exactly? The toolset se is installed via python, so it should be platform agnostic. The only other commands I see in the step-by-step instructions are git (also available on all platforms), and perl (more POSIX than Linux, really--you'd get it on a Mac, too). Perl SHOULD be available on Windows, but if that's the only blocker, surely someone could substitute a Python or a Powershell command in there for Windows compatibility. --- One thing that does strike me about their donate is that it seems to be geared towards sustaining-contributors (to borrow a phrase from the NPR playbook). I don't necessarily want to donate $120/yr, but they have proved useful in the past six months where I almost bought an ebook for $1 or $2, only to realize it's probably in the public domain now, and sure enough, Standard Ebooks had it, so I grabbed it from there instead. I wouldn't mind giving them the $1-$2 instead, since I'd feel better knowing that people who can't afford it are still able to make use of the books. So maybe having a Donate button on each book page with a <$5 amount prefilled (or even a "pay what you want" button) might get them some more donations. I'll raise it to their mailing list. |
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04-13-2023, 05:58 PM | #38 | |
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04-13-2023, 06:12 PM | #39 | |
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The old Windows Services for Unix and the like were more for MS to check a box for government contracts than being something actually functional. WSL is something they actually want people to use so it actually works. |
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04-13-2023, 07:16 PM | #40 |
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04-13-2023, 10:34 PM | #41 |
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04-14-2023, 04:34 AM | #42 |
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It's a nearly real Linux and better than the bought in SFU on NT4.0, 2000 and XP because that had no X server. A choice of your own distro and desktop in Oracle Virtual Box is still better and native on bare metal is best.
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04-14-2023, 04:39 AM | #43 |
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WSFU actually worked and was useful if you added a 3rd party X Server that could be used by the Explorer desktop. I agree WSL is better. But now we have PCs with enough RAM for a full VM install; and shared folders, drag & drop clipboard, USB etc all seems trivial to set up (XP, Win7 and Win10 on VB on Linux and XP on Win10).
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You have the choice of your own distro with WSL. And no, it's not "nearly" real Linux. It's real Linux. Not sure why you want to fight everyone on this. Sure there's no graphic DE, but that's not the determining factor of whether or not a Linux system is real.
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04-14-2023, 10:16 AM | #45 | |
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