For years I thought my only options were dual booting or using a clunky virtual machine. Dual boot meant constant reboots, and VirtualBox ate my RAM. Then I discovered Windows Subsystem for Linux 2, and honestly it changed how I work. Now I run a complete Ubuntu desktop right next to my Windows applications. I can code in a native Linux environment, test web servers, and even fire up Linux-only GU
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