linuxmemes @lemmy.world RmDebArc_5 @lemmy.ml 8mo ago

They’re in no position to complain

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Honestly I'd love for more Linux-only apps to be available on Windows, so, when I'm forced to use it, I can still get the same awesome libre apps I'm enjoying on Linux.
Despite that, I still haven't had the balls to open a single issue anywhere to support Windows 👀
- Just use WSL
  
  Real winners download the source code and compile it from scratch to flex on proprietary software users
  
  I install windows from command line only
  
  Reject modernity; Return to MS-DOS
  
  it requires admin permissions... and on the only place where i'm forced to use windows i don't have those
  
  Rdp server is the way then. xrdp for example
  
  Probably shouldn't have access to that either if your IT department is doing a good job.
  
  True, but it doesn't work for some apps in my experience
  
  Idk, mb some system-ish stuff? Otherwise it should work ~fine since wsl[2] is just a VM and not like a piece of art like wine
  
  I'll try again some time to check, but last time I had trouble with some apps installed on openSUSE WSL, like some theming issues and some apps not opening (probably relying on system components as you say)
  
  There’s probably some random config file on a forum post 18 years old where half the images don’t load cause the hosting service they used for image went down
  
  Are there any simple instructions. I swear everything is seen just goes over my head.
  
  WSL is really easy to setup by now. In the beginning it was really terrible.
  
  Now all you need to do (if you are fine with Ubuntu) is open CMD with admin rights and input wsl --install.
  
  If you want another distro, it's wsl -l -o to check the available distros and wsl --install -d to install it.
  
  More documentation here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install
  
  Thanks. I'll check it out.
- Give me ls on the cmd for fuck sake.
  
  Works well on windows 10+ in powershell
  
  as long as you don't try to pass it any flags, that is. M$ defined ls etc. as straight aliases to the equivalent PowerShell commands that have their own flag system, so if you ls -l it will puke
- Huh? Libre is available on Windows.
  
  libre as in free (speech)
  
  Libre what? If you were thinking LibreOffice, I wasn't referring to that

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