Not entirely sure if this fits here, but it’s development related

  • 1984@lemmy.today
    826·
    9 months ago

    I don’t know what this is since I dont use windows, and it makes me happy.

  • Gallardo994@sh.itjust.works
    56·
    9 months ago

    Yeah dev home is pretty much useless at this point.

    Back when it just launched, they marketed it as it would introduce cool stuff to developers like, what I’m waiting for the most, git repositories Explorer integration. But all we have is a constantly crashing app and two extra widgets for the widget panel.

    Dev drives are also cool but they’re the part of Windows anyway, no dev home needed.

  • .:\dGh/:.@lemmy.ml
    34·
    9 months ago

    What’s dissapointing about Dev Home is that it offers nothing of value to the average developer, let alone somebody start it.

    Given the power of containerization and WSL2, you would expect it could create development environments for a given app, like creating a firmware for a microcontroller using Rust, or a backend using Typescript, and even bring common tools or toolchains. Instead, we get some widgets and that’s it.

    • LemmysMum@lemmy.world
      15·
      9 months ago

      It’s not a dev tool, it’s designed to force you to stay with the Windows environment by trying to regularise users to a proprietary intermediary management system.

      • allywilson@sopuli.xyz
        1·
        9 months ago

        regularise users to a proprietary intermediary management system.

        I don’t understand what this means.

    • h34d@feddit.deEnglish
      17·
      9 months ago

      Dev Home is a new control center for Windows providing the ability to monitor projects in your dashboard using customizable widgets, set up your dev environment by downloading apps, packages, or repositories, connect to your developer accounts and tools (such as GitHub), and create a Dev Drive for storage all in one place.

      • Use the centralized dashboard with customizable widgets to monitor workflows, track your dev projects, coding tasks, GitHub issues, pull requests, available SSH connections, and system CPU, GPU, Memory, and Network performance.
      • Use the Machine configuration tool to set up your development environment on a new device or onboard a new dev project.
      • Use Dev Home extensions to set up widgets that display developer-specific information. Create and share your own custom-built extensions.
      • Create a Dev Drive to store your project files and Git repositories.

      https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/dev-home/

      • LemmysMum@lemmy.world
        21·
        9 months ago

        So more unnecessary middle man trash designed to tie users more permanently to their OS choice. Nothing new then.

      • Secret300@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        9 months ago

        Bro I really thought that dude meant winget until I saw your comment. I just accepted he used a GUI for packages

        • sheogorath@lemmy.world
          4·
          9 months ago

          One thing I learned about Lemmy is their users are much more serious. There’s a lot of obviously sarcastic comments getting replies treating it as a serious comment here.

      • myxi@feddit.nlEnglish
        410·
        9 months ago

        I am so tired of Linux users who scream “I use X btw” everywhere… Like maybe it was cool some decade ago, but now it’s just annoying seeing it wherever I go. I hope Photon will eventually feature content filtering by keywords.

        • const_void@lemmy.ml
          11·
          9 months ago

          Agreed. It’s stupid and played out. Enough already. Also please stop calling desktop themes “rice”.

          • Allero@lemmy.today
            4·
            9 months ago

            The very nature and origin of Windows is part of the problem.

            Going Linux is as much of a political choice as it is a practical one. Software must be free, and Linux shows it very much can, while remaining practical up to the very enterprise level, data centers and supercomputers. and while we normally don’t think of enterprises as champions of free software, their influence is essentially the greatest.

          • Urist@lemmy.mlEnglish
            4·
            9 months ago

            Free and open source software are good examples of an alternative to the way we manage labor today. Wanting gay space communism is as much a part of my personality as me liking Star Trek and Linux. Moreso they are part of the same coherent picture.

          • SkippingRelax@lemmy.world
            1·
            9 months ago

            Been hearing that since the 90s, but win NT is actually pretty good, it just works. Nah thanks, I’m no longer a sysadmin and haven’t tried Windows past 2000 server I think, but unless you are stuck with running Windows specific stuff (it was sql server for me at the time), and assuming you have a say in the company/project you work on, why bother?

    • Ironfacebuster@lemmy.worldOP
      7·
      9 months ago

      That was my favorite part, their system tried so hard to find a highly rated review and that’s what it got instead