Meanwhile, my Windows machine updates itself whenever, often even in the middle of overnight computing tasks.
This pushed me to Mac. Being more Unix-like, it's vastly better in terms of the control I have over the system. But I'm still not a 100% owner of my platform, so I now use an actual Linux server to run compute tasks.
There's a nice synergy between using Mac and Linux - many of the same scripts, commands, and concepts work identically.
I'm not super familiar with WSL; does it allow you full access to all your files, or is it a fenced-off environment?
On my Mac I have various cronjobs and scripts running that work copy-paste the same as on a real server. I even have Nginx serving static files for local development!
I recall the forced update on windows 10 booted some anti poaching rangers off their machines used for gps coordination for like 12hrs in the African bush where they had already poor internet connection and potentially lost some endangered animals.
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This is unusual and I hope it stays to be unusual. I prefer to update my Macs when I decide it is the right time.
Meanwhile, my Windows machine updates itself whenever, often even in the middle of overnight computing tasks.
This pushed me to Mac. Being more Unix-like, it's vastly better in terms of the control I have over the system. But I'm still not a 100% owner of my platform, so I now use an actual Linux server to run compute tasks.
There's a nice synergy between using Mac and Linux - many of the same scripts, commands, and concepts work identically.
I switched to a Mac a few months ago from Windows and I kinda hate the small differences with Linux, I like WSL much better. On top of my head,
- No systemd
- No native docker
- No valgrind (there is https://github.com/LouisBrunner/valgrind-macos though)
I basically have to install a Linux VM on Mac just for this, at which point WSL on Windows is a much better tradeoff IMO.
I'm not super familiar with WSL; does it allow you full access to all your files, or is it a fenced-off environment?
On my Mac I have various cronjobs and scripts running that work copy-paste the same as on a real server. I even have Nginx serving static files for local development!
Easily. Your Windows C: drive is in /mnt/c in WSL.
And your WSL root (/) is in e.g. \\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu on Windows.
It’s too late for me, but that’s quite nice actually.
I recall the forced update on windows 10 booted some anti poaching rangers off their machines used for gps coordination for like 12hrs in the African bush where they had already poor internet connection and potentially lost some endangered animals.
Due to a forced software update, the rhino is now a bit closer to extinction. Windows must be stopped!