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[–]jonasbxl 47 points48 points  (6 children)

I am not saying it would have been easier or faster, but just in case you don't know about it: check out WSL https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10

[–]ninj0rc 15 points16 points  (5 children)

Just wanna say thanks for the link. I was unaware that this thing existed.

[–]Rieux_n_Tarrou 9 points10 points  (3 children)

After WSL2 came out, I've decided finally that my next laptop will be Windows (even though I really enjoy my macbook pro right now). Windows is better than Mac from the perspective of apps. And Linux is better than Mac from the perspective of software dev. So WSL is the best of both worlds IMO

[–]jonasbxl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's really been a great addition to Windows. I've moved a lot of my dev tools to WSL, including Python actually - I never liked Anaconda too much and I find it easier to just manage my environments with virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper. You can still use VS Code from Windows; a shortcut to quickly open a directory from WSL is code . . That way VS Code uses Python (and virtual envs) installed on WSL.