Windows for Linux Nerds
Want to _really_ impress us, Microsoft?  Give us a Windows Subsystem for Linux.I chose a maxxed out Dell XPS15 laptop with Windows 10 to replace my 3 year old rMBP with the (foolish) expectation that it could replace my Mac.  Apple had lost sight of what mattered to developers, and I was angry.  But now, 2 months later, here I continue developing and existing on my old rMBP.Bash in Windows is incredibly slow on some actions.  I didn't document all my activities, so I can't point to which thing was slow.  But for a developer using Python, Elixir, Node, Nginx, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Git! SSH! and some other smaller accessories, WSL was far less performant than a Linux VM on my Mac.  And it was far, far less performant than on native Mac.I very much appreciate what Microsoft is trying to do.  Perhaps in a generation or three they will finally leave behind most of their protectionist behaviors and embrace what works for them (for better or worse) - MS Office and the host of Windows apps that businesses depend on.Apple is no saint or savior.  But thankfully, some of what they did in the years past (dare I say during the reign of Jobs) is what has made them special.  #1 - latency.  My Macs work 99% of the time as expected.  They run for weeks or months.  My high end Android phone, even after factory reset, has occasional mind-boggling hangs (after which 1000 UI events register and take effect).  The same applies to Windows 10!  It works fine, sometimes, for a few things.  Then it goes nuts.  Wipe and reinstall (remove the Dell bloatware) and it's better.  But it still lags so far behind macOS.There is no utopia.  There is only pain, frustration, and anger on the part of users.  But please, give us developers (who practically _live_ in your environments) something.