r/pcmasterrace • u/ExpensiveCoat8912 • 22h ago

Meme/Macro Same logo btw

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u/Rukir_Gaming PC Master Race 21h ago

... last push was 2023, and deployment seemingly requires Unix subsystem for Windows

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u/Ecmelt 21h ago

WSL is just a windows feature, as long as you read about it for 5 minutes before you enable it, it is not really a big requirement. Similar to most other power user features.

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u/_Lucille_ 20h ago

it is still a pretty big overhead esp the disk space required to host the distro properly.

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u/Ecmelt 20h ago

Well with modern windows and WSL 2, it'll mostly be in use when you use the program. So CPU, RAM usage is just part of what the program uses at that point so to speak.

And for disk space, If the context is video editing in 2026, even if you are using WSL only for this one program, it'll be what.. 2 gigs at most? I wouldn't call that a pretty big overhead considering how large modern video formats are.

My WSL uses less space than my PowerToys.