butter_fly@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agoWhy a Windows registry editor on Flathubflathub.orgexternal-linkmessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up155arrow-down1external-linkWhy a Windows registry editor on Flathubflathub.orgbutter_fly@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square27linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarethingsiplay@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoBut why would anyone do that? The application has native support for Windows too.
minus-squareTrollAccount69@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoSometimes you need to take a look at a hive from a Linux machine.
minus-squarethingsiplay@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoI don’t understand that message. Why would anyone run a Linux app through WSL on a machine where the application is available native on Windows?
minus-squareTrollAccount69@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoI do that kind of dumb crap all the time because restoring a workbench machine is a pain in the ass and I’d prefer to not surface a foreign hive to it.
But why would anyone do that? The application has native support for Windows too.
Sometimes you need to take a look at a hive from a Linux machine.
I don’t understand that message. Why would anyone run a Linux app through WSL on a machine where the application is available native on Windows?
I do that kind of dumb crap all the time because restoring a workbench machine is a pain in the ass and I’d prefer to not surface a foreign hive to it.