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Let's go! (sorry i used WSL i have my own reasons for it...) (lemmy.world)
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[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 110 points 9 months ago

watch -n 1 date

[-] bloopernova@programming.dev 22 points 9 months ago

I was going to post exactly that, lol

[-] youngGoku@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Same

[-] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

what does it do?

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 9 months ago

it runs the date command once per second until you hit ctrl+c

[-] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

tysm!

[-] azerial@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

man watch

Nice command! Thanks!

edit: md

[-] simpleslipeagle@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 9 months ago

-d if you're feeling sporty.

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 9 months ago

If we're adding dramatic flourish, I'll suggest watch -n 1 'date | cowsay'

[-] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

tysm

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 9 months ago

Slightly unrelated but cygwin will run better on windows (its way lighter)

[-] gornius@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Better in which way? WSL2 is a VM running ALONGSIDE Windows, not inside. Its performance is basically bare metal. If you have enough RAM, there is no reason to use cygwin instead of WSL2.

[-] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

its complicated please dont blame me for WSL

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -1 points 9 months ago

In that case why don't you just run a VM or install bare metal. WSL strips you of control just like Windows itself does.

[-] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

its complicated as i replied to someone else's comment...

im not a "it just works" user too but its complicated to explain why i use windows for now (but ill switich soon)

like im totally a FOSS enthusiast but like...

[-] azerial@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 9 months ago

AHHHH "Has ptsd flashbacks from having to use Cygwin on a mixed build environment for a popular MMO that's about some kind of war up in the stars.." lol NOT THE CYGDRIVE lol jk but it did take me back ~5 years.

[-] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

i try to understand that...

[-] lapingvino@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Best option is still Git Bash 🙃

[-] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

most true :3

[-] QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Can Cygwin run Linux GUI programs effectively? What about GPU-bound workloads? Would happily switch if the answer to both of those is yes.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 months ago

You can run GUI apps but I'm not sure about GPU workloads. Wouldn't bare metal be the best for that?

[-] QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Wouldn't bare metal be the best for that?

Technically yes, but WSL2 is remarkably close to optimal in terms of throughput. Unlike WSL1 (a type 2 hypervisor), WSL2 requires Hyper-V (a type 1 hypervisor), meaning Windows also runs as a VM once it’s enabled. The Linux vGPU driver still needs to go through the Windows Nvidia driver as far as I know, but that is seldom the bottleneck for CUDA applications.

[-] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

true it uses a Microsoft Hypervisor Virtual Machine

[-] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

i dont mind the GUI... but is Cygwin open source? just knowing

[-] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

Yep, that's what I use as well... in Windows I mean.

[-] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

thanks

[-] superbirra@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

while :; do date; sleep 1; done

[-] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

thanks this is more like c syntax tho its bash im learning c btw :3

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