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[โ€“] comador@lemmy.world 61 points 1 week ago (18 children)

I absolutely loathe WSL at work. Users with local non-AD connected systems (which bypass GPOs) install it, then start making highly insecure configurations that result in PII nightmares.

It's a goddamned cancer riddled bastard child of Linux and Windows that needs the Ol' Yeller treatment.

[โ€“] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 week ago

My work would be impossible without WSL, and yes I am guilty of hiding from the security systems... Because the security systems are so invasive they keep locking files I'm trying to open so IDEs don't even work properly under Windows.

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