The Late Night Linux FamilyShould we try to convert Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) users into "proper" native desktop Linux users? If so, how?
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Mike Stone@LateNightLinux For work, I'm pretty much stuck with Windows, but I use WSL HEAVILY. If you're using WSL, you're not in the "normie" category of user. We just need to point out Linux has gotten so easy to use since I started with it back in the 90s there's very little a WSL user can't do with a standard desktop Linux install. Cloud apps like Office 365 and native apps mean virtually all bases are covered, except annoying ads built in and crazy LLMs telling us lies masquerading as facts.
@LateNightLinux Whether we SHOULD try to convert them is a little bit more nuanced. People like their tools, and they like what's comfortable to them. I think it's a bad idea to put pressure on people to switch. You push and they're going to push back. The best way to get someone to switch is just give them a taste of FOMO. If they see your computer running smoothly, easily, and without ads or crazy AI tools mucking up your workflow, that could be all it takes to get them to consider switching.