Skip to content

Comment on What I learned from trying Linux Desktop as a WSL user

Comments

"I keep trying to fit a Ford gearbox on to my Buick and it just doesn't seem to fit properly"

My first hurdle teaching me a valuable lesson was getting VS Code to work properly.

There's a very, very old website called 'Linux is not Windows' which details this failing mindset of Windows users. Why should VS Code work on Linux?? Next thing you'll be wanting Office365 (or whatever it's called today) to work on Linux too.

Stop trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. If you want to run Windows, then just run Windows. If you want to run Linux then just run Linux. Your thinning hair will thank you.

Why should VS Code work on Linux??

Because it's heavily marketed as "runs everywhere". The .deb package is flawless, honestly.

AboutSource Built by g1lg1l

Hackerly is an independent reader for Hacker News, built on the public HN API. Not affiliated with Y Combinator.