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.
Instead of io stuff I just use it as a current snapshot of my dev stuff including repos. Super-easy and super-fast to sync to my other devices just as a vhdx file over any wifi network. Yeah it's not dev drive specific feature but still, I started doing so because of dev drive
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Imagine your identity being what OS is on your computer. And I'm a Linux sysadmin lol
Also Linux people bash Windows server but it's actually getting pretty good. I am running some server 2022 instances right now and they just work. I was tasked to make a gold image but I found basically nothing to strip away from the install out of box. Try it before you bash it.
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.
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.
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?
A review that deserves more stars than the thing it's reviewing.
I don't know what this is since I dont use windows, and it makes me happy.
Jomo - joy of missing out
I feel that every time I see an advert for Paramount+.
My adblocker is causing me to miss out on the JOMO!
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.
Mom, can we have fast i/o with many small files?
No, we have fast i/o with many small files at home.
Fast i/o with many small files at home:
Instead of io stuff I just use it as a current snapshot of my dev stuff including repos. Super-easy and super-fast to sync to my other devices just as a vhdx file over any wifi network. Yeah it's not dev drive specific feature but still, I started doing so because of dev drive
I love learning about all the problems I'm not having
By the way I use Debian
What problems are you talking about?
For example, slow i/o with many small files
I don't remember mentioning I have a problem with that lol
Can confirm, you did not mention it
If the widgets page wasn't almost useless and filled with news stories I would actually use dev home for its widgets lol
Newest release preview builds added an option to turn all the news off, just sayin'
I haven't downloaded it because I was tired of the weird bugs with file explorer, but even on stable there are weird bugs so it's probably worth a try
mum can we have rainmeter
we have rainmeter at home
the rainmeter at home
It's only called Rainmeter if it's from the Pluvimètre region of France. Otherwise it's just sparkling Windows Vista widgets.
Rainmeter?
An application to add stuff/widgets to your windows desktop
https://www.rainmeter.net/
I meant that more as a question what Rainmeter has to do with the post being about dev home
Ohh, I guessing because dev home has a couple of dashboards widgets
TIL about Rainmeter. This thread has done some good, beyond the obvious good of mocking Dev Home.
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.
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.
I don't understand what this means.
what is that? i use linux btw
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/dev-home/
So more unnecessary middle man trash designed to tie users more permanently to their OS choice. Nothing new then.
Bro I really thought that dude meant winget until I saw your comment. I just accepted he used a GUI for packages
I use arch btw
Lol at all the hostile responses not getting that this is a meme. Freaking whoosh.
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.
Keep that to yourself next time
I use EndeavourOS btw
I'm with you man, this part of lemmy is so fucking annoying
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.
Yeah i agree, like who uses X anymore?
I use Wayland btw
Agreed. It's stupid and played out. Enough already. Also please stop calling desktop themes "rice".
Imagine your identity being what OS is on your computer. And I'm a Linux sysadmin lol
Also Linux people bash Windows server but it's actually getting pretty good. I am running some server 2022 instances right now and they just work. I was tasked to make a gold image but I found basically nothing to strip away from the install out of box. Try it before you bash it.
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.
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.
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?
Windows was horrible back then.
"Most favorable review" 🤣
That was my favorite part, their system tried so hard to find a highly rated review and that's what it got instead
As a side note, I love Winget. It took them long enough to add it but it id so handy.
Yes! Why did it take them so long?
It was handy until I realised it installs to the user profile instead of system-wide. Reverted to chocolatey.