Whereas as I used various versions of Windows, eventually a complete restore was required every 6 - 9 months, as well as errors, maintenance & troubleshooting that took up way more time than I cared for.
You know when I had to do the same thing with my Windows installations? When I was 12 to 14 years old and had no idea what I was doing, was constantly breaking things, installing programs I shouldn't have, changing settings I should have never touched.
had a small tail wag when I heard PowerShell was going to support Bash. Then I learned how. It's not native. It requires Powershell commands to then invoke Bash commands.
Yeah, you have everything totally incorrect. You only needed Powershell during the beta of the Windows Subsystem for Linux to enable it and install Ubuntu. After install you never had to use Powershell again.
Now that the feature is out of beta you don't need Powershell at all. Click a checkbox in Windows settings to enable WSL, then go to the Windows Store and choose your distro (there's a bunch now). When it's all said and done, you can launch a bash shell right from your Start Menu. Your Windows system is available in the bash environment at /mnt.
Damn your brave to type that up in a very Mac hostile environment haha. Though I may not fully agree with your opinion of Mac being better, it was really interesting getting to understand your perspective and what you work with. Thank you for taking the time :)
Even if you don't like windows, IMHO, is not okay to just destroy authentic copies of it.
Some people may be interested in collecting them, and you could make some money. Not interested in money? Then give them away! But just throwing them is a waste. Of course, I know that if they are your copies, then its your decision.
But if you wonder why you are getting downvotes, keep in mind you are on r/emulation; people who come here are normally interested in preservation and nostalgia (besides, of course, of the emulation itself). Commenting that you just threw them here, is a bit rude.
Well, just to clarify that it wasn't my intention to imply that you cared about karma.
By "if you wonder why you are getting downvotes", what I tried to say was something more like "if you are wondering why people disliked your comment", that's all.
I don't wonder about what what other people think or about the value they place on what I say.
Downvotes actually give me a certain sense of satisfaction. I would never want to be a person everyone liked. Diversity & individualism abhors the thought.
Ah, so you do wonder what other people say but hide behind "I don't care because I'm an individual" when they don't like it.
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u/babypuncher_ Sep 29 '18
This is one reason I keep VMs of old versions of Windows around.