Getting development tools to run is difficult even with WSL2 and the system has been, at least in my experience, the least intuitive out of any of the machines I’ve used.Īll that said, if I was using it for basic computing like word processing, spreadsheets and similar tasks it would be fine for the day to day. My big takeaway from Windows 10 is that, while better than Windows the last time I used it in 2008, it is still too bloated and difficult to maintain compared to the alternatives. As a result my experience with the OS is more limited than the alternatives but has been more than enough for me to get a handle on how it works for my own workflow. My role with this machine has been to test various projects I’m working on in Windows and to maintain it for her. We bought a Windows Surface Pro for Joy that was intended to be an iPad replacement she could do real work on when we travelled. I’m starting with Windows 10 as it is still the system I’ve used the least in the last few years. Here is how they all shook out for my use. Frankly, each has its pluses and minuses. On the desktop this has meant working at least part time in each of the three major operating systems available today: Linux, MacOS and Windows. Back in 2017 I realized my wife and I were too deep into the Apple ecosystem so we left it and tried out a number of solutions including Android, Linux and Windows in an effort to not be so heavily tied to one ecosystem. The last few years have been a time of experimenting for me.

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