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minus-squareRicaz@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoMy company only allows us to use the company-provided Windows image, so I do all my work inside a WSL2 tmux session. JetBrains IDEs and VSCode also have WSL connectors so it works acceptably well. It also handily dodges all the Windows security policies (like installing software). You can even run Xorg apps from it. I’m still forced to use MS Teams and Outlook, though…
minus-squareDigitalDilemma@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoGood answer. Like a michelin chef working at McDonald’s and having a little secret area of his own.
My company only allows us to use the company-provided Windows image, so I do all my work inside a WSL2 tmux session.
JetBrains IDEs and VSCode also have WSL connectors so it works acceptably well.
It also handily dodges all the Windows security policies (like installing software). You can even run Xorg apps from it.
I’m still forced to use MS Teams and Outlook, though…
Good answer. Like a michelin chef working at McDonald’s and having a little secret area of his own.
yup!