Re: My week with Linux: I'm dumping Windows for Ubuntu to see how it goes

On Sat, 17 May 2025 19:46:39 -0500, chrisv wrote:

rbowman wrote:
 

Lucky for me almost everything I use is the same on Windows and Linux.

 
That so much software supports Linux, as well the "big two" commercial
OS's, is a wonderful thing.
 
Freedom to the people!

You know hell has frozen over when not only VS Code and dotnet run on
Linux, but SQL Server.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/linux/quickstart-install-connect-
ubuntu?view=sql-server-ver16&tabs=ubuntu2004

and WSL let's you pick your favorite Linux flavor. I'm running Fedora on
my Windows 11 box. At the time it was experimental but it's become an
official choice recently.

Even better you can build a Linux dotnet executable on Windows with the
right flag.


Suck it up, Ballmer.